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    The performance of the Lesotho credit union movement: internal financing and external capital inflow

    Enterprise and Cooperative Development Department, Social Finance Unit, ILO, 1996
    Looks at the effects of using financial cooperatives in Lesotho as conduits for providing financial resources to the poor. The empirical study which forms the basis of this paper explores the factors that have determined the success of credit cooperatives in this country.
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    DAC scoping study of donor poverty reduction policies and practices

    Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 1999
    Survey of European donors suggests that development agencies are increasingly seeking to involve partner governments and the poor themselves in translating poverty reduction aims into real benefits. Participatory approaches and gender analysis are more widespread.
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    An analysis of the poverty orientation of current Danida policies

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 1999
    Paper discusses Danida's current policies and activities with respect to: the overall poverty reduction goal and understandingsthe attempt to ‘mainstream' the poverty reduction objective in guidelines and proceduresthe concrete programmes and projects undertaken in Uganda.
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    International financial institutions reform: report of the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, March 2000

    International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, US Congress (Meltzer Commission), 2000
    Report recommends many far-reaching changes to improve the effectiveness, accountability, and transparency of the financial institutions and to eliminate overlapping responsibilitiesThe report looking at the future of seven key institutions: theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank,
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    UNDP Poverty Report 2000: Overcoming Human Poverty

    Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP, 2000
    Argues that a new global strategy against poverty needs to be mounted - with more resources, a sharper focus and a stronger commitment. Based on commitments made at the 1995 World Summit for Social Development, developing countries are being encouraged to launch full-scale campaigns against poverty.
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    An end to forgotten emergencies?

    Oxfam, 2000
    As Western countries have got richer in the past ten years, the proportion of their wealth spent on humanitarian aid has gone down by 30%. The number of forgotten emergencies looks set to increase. The required response is not aid alone. Oxfam continues to press for international efforts to prevent conflict, tackle poverty, and promote respect for human rights. Yet humanitarian aid remains vital.
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    Reaching out to children in poverty. The integrated child development servicesin Tamil Nadu, (ICDS)

    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2000
    Programme has been offering a package of of services related to human resource development - health , nutrition, and education - for children, adolescent girls and and women.
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    The status of sector wide approaches: a framework paper

    Overseas Development Institute, 2000
    Paper is an outcome of the informal Like-Minded Donor Working Group on the Implementation of Sector Wide Approaches (SWA).
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    Taxation, aid and democracy: an agenda for research in African countries

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 2000
    Taxation, aid and democracy are closely related in poor aid-dependent African countries.
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    The effectiveness of EC development assistance

    International Development Committee, UK, 2000
    Review by UK Government Committee of the development policies of the European Community.

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