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  Oxfam international submission to World Bank review of conditionality, May 2005

  Oxfam, 2005

  This paper notes that, for the World Bank review on aid conditionality to make a real difference to the way the Bank operates in developing countries, it needs to set out a bold agenda, and demonstrate that the Bank will be a lead player in making aid more effective for poverty reduction.
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  Managing an economy in a HIPC-constrained environment

  Centre for Policy Analysis, Ghana, 2005

  Drawing on the particular example of Ghana, this paper examines the processes and issues of the Highly Indebted Poor Country Initiative (HIPC).
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  Insurance products provided by insurance companies to the disadvantaged groups in India

  International Labour Organization, 2005

  This study identifies and documents the various insurance products provided by insurance companies to the disadvantaged groups in India. It is designed to help development professional to play a more efficient role in the promotion of new insurance services and thus contributing to the extension of social protection to the excluded groups.
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  Financial diaries: investigating the financial lives of the poor in South Africa

  Financial Diaries, 2005

  This brief presents findings from a study into the financial lives of the poor in South Africa. It aims to contribute to understanding how formal and informal financial instruments are used in the struggle against poverty.
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  Progress reviews and performance assessment in poverty-reduction strategies and budget support: a survey of current thinking and practice

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This report describes and analyses the challenges posed by the monitoring and evaluation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and budget support programmes.
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  DFID Social Exclusion Review

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This report reviews and synthesises experiences of working with social exclusion both within DFID and among other agencies. It examines how DFID staff members understand social exclusion and points to the risks, challenges and opportunities they associate with using the term social exclusion. It also reviews work that has been undertaken across DFID's regional programmes and at a policy level.
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  Agricultural growth and rural poverty: a review of evidence

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2005

  This report examines the apparent paradox that emerged over the 1990s of relatively good reported agricultural growth accompanied by increasing levels of poverty.
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  Poverty monitoring systems: an analysis of institutional arrangements in Tanzania

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This paper is an examination of the design and functioning of poverty monitoring systems (PMS) in countries with national poverty-reduction strategies (PRS).
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  World Bank 2004 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness (ARDE)

  World Bank, 2005

  This report looks at the recent growth and poverty reduction experience of client countries. It assesses the extent to which Bank interventions have contributed to growth and poverty reduction and the effectiveness of different types of interventions.
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  Poverty monitoring systems: an analysis of institutional arrangements in Uganda

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This report describes and analyses institutional arrangements for poverty monitoring in Uganda. It aims to contribute to a better understanding of what works and what doesn’t in designing PRS (Poverty Reduction Strategy) monitoring systems, as well as recommending the way forward for poverty monitoring in Uganda.

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