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When is foreign aid policy credible? : aid dependence and conditionality
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997Disbursements of foreign aid are guided (in part) by the needs of the poor. Anticipating this, recipients have little incentive to improve the welfare of the poor.DocumentEU accession of Central and Eastern Europe : bridging the income gap
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997The countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have much to gain from implementing policies that increase investment, support the development of human capital, and promote the legal, regulatory, and policy framework needed for market mechanisms to function.DocumentExplaining Agricultural and Agrarian Policies in Developing Countries
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999What explains differences in agricultural and agrarian policies across countries and over time? Why do countries adopt, and maintain, policy regimes that reduce efficiency and increase rural poverty? What are the conditions for countries to initiate equity and efficiency enhancing policy reforms and for these reforms to be maintained? These are the questions pursued in this literature review.DocumentResearch on Land Markets in South Asia: What Have We Learned?
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999What have we learned about land markets in South Asia about land reform, land fragmentation, sharecropping, security of tenure, farm size, land rights, transaction costs, bargaining power, policy distortions, and market imperfections (including those associated with gender)?Faruqee and Carey review the literature on land markets in South Asia to clarify what's known and to highlight unresolvedDocumentThe State in a changing world: World Development Report 1997: summary
World Development Report, World Bank, 1999An effective state is vital for the provision of the goods and services--and the rules and institutions--that allow markets to flourish and people to lead healthier, happier lives. Without it, sustainable development, both economic and social, is impossible. Many said much the same thing fifty years ago, but then they tended to mean that development had to be state-provided.DocumentThe Causes of Government and the Consequences for Growth and Well Being
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999A range of factors drive size of government: relative prices, the age dependency ratio, how long a country has been independent, relative political freedom, and openness in trade. Larger governments tend to limit growth, but that tendency can be offset by well functioning institutions and high quality bureaucracy. Size of government is not the only issue that matters.DocumentAid, Policies, and Growth
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999Aid has a positive impact on growth in developing countries with good fiscal, monetary, and trade policies. Aid appears not to affect policies systematically either for good or for ill. Any tendency for aid to reward good policies has been overwhelmed by donors' pursuit of their own strategic interests.DocumentDebt Relief for Low-Income Countries and the HIPC Initiative
International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997Since the onset of the debt crisis in the early 1980s, many heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs), continue to have difficulty in paying their external debt-service obligations, largely because of exogenous factors, imprudent debt-management policies, and the lack of sustained adjustment or implementation of structural reforms.DocumentDeclaration of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Summit of the Americas)
Center for Hemispheric Policy, 1999DocumentZambuko Trust, Zimbabwe: case study in microfinance
Sustainable Banking with the Poor ,World Bank, 1995The Zambuko Trust is a registered moneylender that has built a solid foundation as the most effective and potentially viable microenterprise finance institution in Zimbabwe.Pages