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What good can debt relief and PRSP do?: the case of Zambia
Bread for the World, 2001This web resource looks into the Zambia's position of debt and the influence PRSPs and associated debt relief is having on Zambia.DocumentThe rebirth, or second coming of adjustment lending
Globalization Challenge Initiative, 2001The article discusses the renaming, repackaging and expanding of adjustment lending. The article emphasises that it is not only the volume of adjustment lending that is expanding but also the scope of lending.The article:explores the differences between the approaches of old style adjustment and new style adjustment (i.e.DocumentOverstretched and underloved: World Bank faces strategy decisions
Bretton Woods Project, 2001This paper follows in the wake of a World Bank ’s restructuring and strategic planning process, which became publicly visible when the press caught onto a leaked memo expressing Bank staff dissatisfaction.DocumentThe challenge of maintaining long-term external debt sustainability
World Bank, 2001This paper reviews experience with the first 22 countries that have reached a decision point under the enhanced Initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC).DocumentAssistance to post-conflict countries and the HIPC framework
World Bank, 2001This article stresses that armed conflicts in low-income countries have proliferated. This creates major health, economic and political problems.Both the Bank and the Fund have special policies and instruments in place to assist countries as they emerge from conflict. These policies and instruments have proved to be broadly effective.DocumentCentral Asia: Islamist mobilisation and regional security
International Crisis Group, 2001This article deals with the issue of Islamic radical activity in Central Asian states of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.DocumentTransition economies: how appropriate is the size and scope of government?
International Monetary Fund, 2001This paper addresses changes in the size and scope of government in 24 transition economies. The article finds that although many governments have retrenched in terms of public expenditures in relation to GDP, as well as public employment as a share of population, some indicators in the study show that the level of government remains high.DocumentSharing new ground in post-conflict situations
United Nations Development Programme, 2000The paper reports on the UNDP undertaking of a strategic evaluation to take stock of its experience in complex emergency situations and extract insights to improve the organization’s capacity to respond. The terms of reference for the exercise identified the reintegration of internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and ex-combatants as the principal area of focus.DocumentHirschmanian themes of social learning and change
World Bank, 2001This article positions itself within the context of discussions (inspired by Albert Hirschman) about strategies of unbalanced growth in response to the postwar theories of the “big push,” development planning, and balanced growth.