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  Dogmatic development: privatisation and conditionalities in six countries

  War on Want, 2004

  The report examines how conditionalities and pressures from aid agencies and development banks force developing countries to adopt privatisation policies in public services.
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  Overview of whistleblower protections at the Multilateral Development Banks

  Government Accountability Project, 2004

  This paper offers an overview of the findings recommendations and next steps that came out of a series of reports assessing the whistleblower protection policies at four multilateral development banks (MDBs): the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).All four of the banks surveyed r
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  Liberalisation of rural poverty: the Indian experience

  Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2004

  The generally accepted major goals of economic policy in India have been growth, price stability, and economic justice. A price rise signifies a fall in purchasing power, if there is no commensurate increase in income. Price rises hurt the poor more and harm the goal of social justice.
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  Online video: PRSP and budget links seminar

  Eldis Poverty Resource Guide, 2004

  In October 2004 the World Bank held a seminar exploring "PRSPs and budget links: emerging evidence from case studies". More information about the seminar is available on the World Bank’s internet-based broadcasting service, BSPAN.
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  Distributional effects of optimal commodity taxes combined with minimum income programs in Brazil

  Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada / Institute of Applied Economic Research, Brazil, 2003

  Commodity taxes play an important role in Brazil, accounting for around 60 per cent of total tax revenue, and providing a major tool for the redistribution of income in one of the most unequal societies in the world.
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  Will the Millennium Challenge Account be different?

  Washington Quarterly, 2003

  This paper examines the implications of the Bush administration's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), and the possible ramifications for the allocation and delivery of U.S. foreign assistance.
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  Credit bureaus and the rural microfinance sector: Peru, Guatemala, and Bolivia

  BASIS Collaborative Research Support Program, 2003

  This report investigates the development of the microfinance sector and the penetration of credit reporting systems in Peru, Guatemala, and Bolivia, where they are quite widespread. The three countries are covered individually:Peru: Information sharing and microfinance in Peru.
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  Building budgets from below

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004

  This paper investigates the degrees of freedom available to women (elected to self-government) to determine local and macro fiscal policies.
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  Resilience and high performance amidst conflict, epidemics and extreme poverty : the Lacor Hospital, northern Uganda

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004

  This case study describes how the Lacor hospital has grown into a 474-bed centre of medical excellence, setting an example for the rest of the health system and helping to build health care capacity for the whole country.
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  Opening budgets to public understanding and debate - results from 36 countries

  International Budget Partnership, 2004

  This paper provides a measurement tool for evaluating public access to budget information from the perspective of civil society organizations.

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