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  Will the Millennium Challenge Account be different?

  Washington Quarterly, 2003

  This paper examines the implications of the Bush administration's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), and the possible ramifications for the allocation and delivery of U.S. foreign assistance.
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  Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2002: toward pro-poor policies: aid, institutions and globalization

  Adapting to Change [The World Bank Group], 2004

  This report presents numerous papers from the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, held in June 2002, in Oslo, Norway.The report contains papers on aid, institutions and globalization, providing a general overview of links between poverty, inequality and growth.
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  External debt sustainability in HIPC: completion point countries

  International Monetary Fund, 2004

  This paper reviews policy and institutional frameworks, debt management capacity, export structures, and fiscal revenue mobilisation in HIPC completion point countries.In comparison with other HIPC countries, completion point countries generally enjoy better policy and institutional frameworks and stronger debt management capacity.The paper shows that:while comparing favourably with
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  Exploring the role of development cooperation agencies in corporate responsibility

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004

  The paper examines what donors are doing to promote and enable corporate responsibility. It presents findings from a conference held in March 2004.
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  Towards a ten year review: synthesis report on implementation of South African government programmes

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This 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.
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  Far from home: do foreign investors import higher standards of governance in transition economies?

  Social Science Research Network, 2002

  This paper argues that while a number of recent studies have shown that corruption inhibits foreign direct investment (FDI), comparatively little attention has been given to the behavior of those who have invested in corrupt countries.
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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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  Responses to the challenges of globalisation: a study on the international monetary and financial system and on financing for development

  European Commission Directorate-General for Development, 2002

  Discusses the reform of the international monetary and financial architecture as a response to global financial crises and the issue of financing and promoting development as a means to reduce global inequality.
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  MIGA in Africa

  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, 2005

  The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency is part of the World Bank Group, mitigating political risks to investments through:GuaranteesCurrency inconvertibility and transfer restrictionsExpropriationWar and civil disturbanceBreach of contractDispute mediation servicesMIGA also provides technical assistance to governments and online information on investment o
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  Institutions in transition : reliability of rules and economic performance in former Socialist countries

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997

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