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  Creating a financial bridge to the private sector

  Global Philanthropy and Foundation Building, Synergos Institute, 2000

  This chapter from the book 'Foundation building sourcebook: a practitioners guide based on experience in Africa, Asia and Latin America' describes several approaches to building a financial bridge between the private sector and community development initiatives.
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  Toward country-led development: a multi-partner evaluation of the Comprehensive Development Framework: findings from six country case studies

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2003

  This report presents the findings of six case studies evaluating the implementation of the World Bank’s Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF): Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Romania, Uganda and Vietnam.Findings include:there has been some progress in implementing the CDF principles, particularly where one or more of the principles have been applied over a number of years, but these p
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  An alternative approach to debt cancellation and new borrowing for Africa

  UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003

  This paper critically analyses the HIPC Initiative and its effects on debt sustainability and the recipient countries’ capacity to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
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  Dampening the vulnerability to price shocks: a role for aid

  UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003

  This paper examines the effects of price shocks on developing countries, and discusses what kind of global measures may be implemented to avoid negative outcomes.
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  Struggling to be heard: democratising the World Bank and the IMF

  Christian Aid, 2003

  This report analyses the structure and activities of the the World Bank and the IMF and makes recommendations on how they should change in order to be more effective.
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  Making markets work for the poor: challenge to Sida's support to private sector development

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2003

  This report provides a basic descriptive framework and a source of knowledge on poverty focused private sector development.
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  Norwegian views on Poverty Reduction Strategy Processes in partner countries

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2001

  This document presents an overview of Norwegian views in order to promote national poverty reduction strategies (PRSs) in partner countries, and the relationship with Norwegian development co-operation at the country level.The paper asserts that national ownership of strategies and development efforts, and recipient responsibility are necessary conditions for achieving poverty reduction.
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  What NEPAD implies for African policy makers

  United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance, 2002

  This paper explores the implications of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) for African policy makers.Drawing on the content of the NEPAD document, the paper asserts that finance and economic development framework will be critical in ensuring the successful implementation of NEPAD, because sound economic policy-making and execution are preconditions for the renewal of Africa.
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  NEPAD and the African ‘resource gap’: a critical examination

  Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, 2002

  The ‘New Partnership for Africa’s Development’ (NEPAD) is the latest attempt by African leaders to formulate an initiative to boost development on the continent, but is it a feasible approach for the continent?
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  Halving poverty by doubling aid: how well founded is the optimism of the World Bank?

  Kiel Institute of World Economics/Institut für Weltwirtschaft, 2002

  This report constitutes a challenge to the effectiveness of the World Bank's strategy of concentrating, and thereby increasing, aid on countries with 'good' policies.The arguments used against the World Bank policy include:an analysis of the inconsistent relationship between economic growth and levels of aid delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and South Asia, raises considerabl

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