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Debt sustainability in low-income countries: towards a forward-looking strategy
UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003This paper provides a framework for discussion of the key issues that need to be taken into account in designing a forward-looking debt and borrowing strategy for low-income countries.DocumentMaking markets work for the poor: challenge to Sida's support to private sector development
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2003This report provides a basic descriptive framework and a source of knowledge on poverty focused private sector development.DocumentPoverty reduction strategy papers: review of private sector participation
Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2003This study reviews the role of the private sector in the formulation, implementation and strategy articulated in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) endorsed by the World Bank and IMF. The purpose of the study is to determine whether PRSPs to date have taken adequate account of the role of the for-profit private sector in reducing poverty.DocumentRemittance senders and receivers: tracking the transnational channels
2003According to IADB, total remittances are due to surpass foreign direct investment as a source of capital for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2003. The total aggregate of remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean during this decade is conservatively projected to reach more than $450 billion.DocumentPolicy (in) coherence in European Union support to developing countries: a three country case study
ActionAid International, 2003What is the impact of a range of EU policies on poor people in Bangladesh, Brazil and Kenya? This paper examines key policy areas (including trade, aid, agricultural policies and support to Foreign Direct Investment) to assess the coherence of EU policy in supporting development.DocumentTowards a ten year review: synthesis report on implementation of South African government programmes
Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003This review sets out to assess the extent to which the new democratic dispensation since 1994 has redirected the purpose and content of government policy and seeks to describe the impact of these changes on South African society.DocumentWater privatisation and people’s struggle to protect common water rights in Sri Lanka
South Asia Alliance for Poverty Alleviation, 2003This issue of the SAAPE newsletter covers water privatisation in South Asia.DocumentFuel tax in Mozambique
PRSP Monitoring and Synthesis Project, 2003This study considers the impact of a possible rise in fuel tax in Mozambique, which is bound to increase poverty and analyses the magnitude of this effect. In terms of a producer response, it argues that some economic activities are more vulnerable to fuel prices and could collapse more rapidly than a corresponding fall in demand.DocumentGrowth, distribution and poverty in Africa: messages from the 1990s
World Bank, 2002This paper reviews recent evidence on the trends in household well-being in Africa during the 1990s.