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Conflict and Growth in Africa : The Sahel Volume 1

Azam, Jean-Paul - 1999

This is a book about conflict. In that, it is certainly not alone, but it approaches the problem in four Sahelian countries from the standpoint of economic analysis. The authors have not ignored social, ethnic and historical factors which led to conflict, but have identified economic realities...

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Conflict and Growth in Africa : Southern Africa Volume 3

Goudie, Andrew - 1999

This book is about conflict. In that, it is certainly not alone, but it approaches the problem in five Southern African countries from the standpoint of economic analysis. While the authors have not ignored social, ethnic and historical factors which led to conflict, they have identified...

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Emerging Africa

Berthélemy, Jean-Claude; Salmon, Jean-Michel; … - 2002

Emerging Africa is based on the fundamental conviction that, unless growth resumes, poverty cannot be reduced in the … -- capital accumulation, productivity gains and institutional reforms -- in order to combat long-term poverty. The authors …

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Emerging Africa

2002

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Education and Health Expenditure and Poverty Reduction in East Africa : Madagascar and Tanzania

Morrisson, Christian - 2002

This book demonstrates that in the case of very poor countries, policies aimed at universal provision of education and health services benefit the poor significantly more than more expensive targeted schemes. The book draws attention to the absolute need for coherence and co-ordination so that...

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Public Opinion and the Fight against Poverty

2003

Sustaining the fight against global poverty will be possible only if the "wider civil society", i.e. citizens in richer … continued high support for aid. However, people’s understanding of poverty and development issues remains very shallow … and engage the public. The global anti-poverty consensus they are spearheading has hardly trickled down to national public …

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Ownership and Partnership : What Role for Civil Society in Poverty Reduction Strategies?

Smillie, Ian - 2003

developing countries, and to identify obstacles to such involvement. Participants agreed that civil society's role in poverty …

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Education and Health Expenditure, and Development : The Cases of Indonesia and Peru

2002

When setting spending priorities in education and health, countries all too often target expensive schemes which can be shown only to benefit specific sections of the population, often the non-poor. The building of certain urban hospitals and universities may fall into this category. Wherever...

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Public Opinion and the Fight against Poverty

2003

Sustaining the fight against global poverty will be possible only if the "wider civil society", i.e. citizens in richer …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015054792

Ownership and Partnership : What Role for Civil Society in Poverty Reduction Strategies?

2003

Partnership Forums are the means by which the OECD Development Assistance Committee provides a venue for non-governmental actors to express their points of view and to offer their own contributions to development policy and strategy. In December 2000, the DAC and the Development Centre held a...

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