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    Short - term stabilization versus long - term price stability : evaluating Namibia's membership of the Common Monetary Area

    Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1995
    It was found in this paper that (i) because of the high degree of openness of the Namibian economy and its small size, the use of nominal exchange rate as an instrument of adjustment will have limited effects; (ii) that the costs associated with the loss of monetary autonomy are small; and (iii) that there exists a wide range of instruments to address the effects of asymmetric shocks, irrespective
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    Strengthening National Capacity for HIV/AIDS Strategic Planning

    HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1998
    Strategic Planning is essential for a effective response to the epidemic. UNDP has extensive experience and long involvement in the strengthening of national planning capacity in all operational regions.
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    The Civil Society Agenda: Switching Gears In The Post Cold War World

    North-South Institute, 1997
    Why are donors talking about civil society? There are a number of factors that may explain the cornucopian expectations - dramatic contextual changes in the way that Northerners, especially Americans, are understanding society's relationship with the state. This collage of factors has led to a series of conclusions about what civil society can do to redress social ills.
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    Civil Society: The Development Solution?

    North-South Institute, 1996
    Paper begins with the premise that donors' current understanding of the role of 'civil society' depends not on the characteristics of the term - what it is, who is in or out - but on what Northerners are currently saying about the nature of the state at home. The argument is a familiar one - that foreign policy is often a reflection of domestic malaise.
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    Governance and Policy Formulation

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1997
    Summary proceedings of a 1997 meeting covering: The governance environment (including the evolving role of civil society and extra-governmental organisations) The locus of policy formulation: interface between politician and administrator Respective roles and functions of politicians, administrators and civil society: consideration of institutional issues raised by these.
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    Aid, the Incentive Regime, and Poverty Reduction

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1998
    Aid spurs growth and poverty reduction only in a good policy environment so it should be targeted to countries that have improved their economic policy. That aid tends to be allocated relatively indiscriminately is one factor that undermines its potential impact. Spurring growth in the developing world is one stated objective of foreign aid.
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    Bridging the gap?: the parallel universes of the non-profit and non-governmental organisation research traditions and the changing context of voluntary action

    Centre for Civil Society, LSE, 1998
    Makes a set of general observations about international third sector research and argues that there are currently two 'parallel universes' of literature.
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    What Explains the Success or Failure of Structural Adjustment Programs?

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1998
    A few political economy variables can successfully predict the outcome of an adjustment loan 75 percent of the time. To select promising candidates for adjustment, the World Bank must do a better job of understanding which environments are promising for reform and which are not.
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    Does Economic Analysis Improve the Quality of Foreign Assistance?

    Aid Effectiveness Research, World Bank, 1998
    The World Bank undertakes large expenditures on economic analysis and advice for its member developing countries. What is the impact of this economic and sector work on the quality of World Bank lending?
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    Aid allocation and poverty reduction

    Aid Effectiveness Research, World Bank, 1998
    Paper derives a poverty-efficient allocation of aid and compares it with actual aid allocations.Paperuses new World Bank ratings of twenty different aspects of national policy to establish the current relationship between aid, policies and growthadds mapping from growth to poverty reduction which reflects the level and distribution of incomecompares the effect of using the hea

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