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  Land Reform, Poverty Reduction and Growth: Evidence from India

  Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, 1998

  In recent times there has been a renewed interest in relationships between redistribution, growth and welfare. Land reforms have been central to strategies to improve the asset base of the poor in developing countries thought their effectiveness has been hindered by political constraints on implementation.
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  Poverty Assessments

  Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP, 1998

  Dscusses how to use the poverty profile, in conjunction with other inputs, to formulate a poverty assessment (the foundation for developing, or modifying, national poverty reduction strategies).
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  The Perestroika of Aid?: New Perspectives on conditionality

  Christian Aid, 1999

  Reviews policy arguements on conditionality and recommends and NGO standpoint. Discussed in the context of the Wolfenson/World Bank Comprehensive Development Framework.Argues that NGOs' engagement in the conditionality debate has largely focused on concerns about donors' policy prescriptions and advocating alternatives.
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  L'exclusion sociale au Cameroun

  International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO, 1997

  Analyses the causes of social exclusion in Cameroon, its relationship to land tenure and the political structures through which it is being addressed
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  The Search for the Key: Aid, Investment, and Policies in Africa

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999

  Aid does not necessarily finance investment, and investment does not necessarily promote growth. But the combination of private investment, good policies, and foreign aid is quite powerful.
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  Internet - another panacea to solve world's problems?

  Unstated publisher, 1998

  Short review of telecommunications issues and examples of interventionsThe use of Internet in Third World has its benefits, but usually only the elite of the countries will profit from it. Although the various use of Internet by engaged groups is something good, the implications for improvement of the vast majority is limited.
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  Economic Policy Reform and Growth Prospects in Emerging Africa Economies

  OECD Development Centre, 1999

  Assesses the prospects for growth of African economies up to the year 2010 by modelling structural and policy determinants of growth, under different scenarios for changes in the exogenous factors and economic policies which shape the projections. To this end we estimate a growth model for 39 African economies, during seven five-year periods from 1960 through 1995.
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  Improving the Complementarity of European Union Development Cooperation: From the Bottom Up

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1999

  Attempts to define "complimentarity", term used in the Maastricht Treaty to cover EU wide agreement on specialisation/cooperation in development cooperation provision.Paper reviews past efforts on explicit complementarity initiatives (mainly those involving poverty reduction issues) and suggests main policy opportunities:political climate is favourable for greater complementarity initia
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  The Performance and Sustainability of Two Philippine Microfinance Institutions

  Banking with the Poor Network, 1998

  Reviews the performance and sustainability of two Philippine NGOs that have not reached the scale of the more renowned models. These are the Alalay sa Kaunlaran sa Gitnang Luzon, Inc (ASKI) and the Kabalikat para sa Maunlad na Buhay, Inc (KMBI).
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  Making Adjustment Work for the Poor

  Overseas Development Institute, 1999

  Many developing countries are engaged in structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) sponsored by the IMF and World Bank.

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