Given Sub-Saharan Africa's enormous resource needs for growth, poverty reduction, and other Millennium Development … Goals, the development community has little choice but to continue to explore new sources of financing, innovative private …

Fragile and conflict-affected states face daunting challenges for development. Aid has a greater importance on … development in these states than in others, and therefore aid effectiveness management and delivery of aid bears serious …-affected states (recipients) and development partners (providers) are mutually accountable for aid effectiveness; therefore, this …

results and advocating specific development policies. Section 1 provides some conceptual underpinnings for the view that an … effective state is essential for development. It asks whether development can be engineered, and state capacity increased, with … economies and advocacy of development policy. It concludes that, while the Bank discourse explicitly recognizes that developing …

Scholars, policymakers, aid donors, and aid recipients acknowledge the importance of good governance for development … principles to guide the refinement of existing governance indicators and the development of future indicators. We emphasize the …. This understanding has spurred an intense interest in more refined, nuanced, and policy-relevant indicators of governance …

level of their use, in terms of maximizing the development effectiveness of aid, is believed to vary with their quality …

ingredient for economic development. Sub-Saharan Africa ranks consistently at the bottom of all developing regions in terms of … development on growth and inequality, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper uses a comparative cross-regional perspective … contribution of infrastructure development to growth and equity across Africa. …

that population density appears to be considerably more important for banking sector development in Africa than elsewhere … metropolitan areas, the analysis focuses on Kenya, which has made significant strides in financial inclusion and development in … a potential solution to the financial access problem that has hindered the development of inclusive financial sectors in …

This paper examines causes and consequences of corruption within the process of economic development. It starts by … development. This paper argues that many forms of corruption stem from the distributional attributes of the state in its role as … reviewing some of the factors that, over the past couple of decades, have transformed corruption from a subject on the sidelines …

This paper discusses mechanisms of grand corruption in private sector utility provision in developing countries. By the … term "grand corruption," the authors abstract from the petty corruption that consumers experience - for example, when firms … government level involving private sector management, ownership, and provision of utility services. Corruption at that level may …

: large payments to gain or alter contracts and circumvent regulations are common. The impact of corruption goes beyond bribe …-and this is where the major impact of corruption is felt. Regulation of the sector is necessary, but simplicity, transparency … enforced regulation of the construction process. Where government is the client, attempts to counter corruption need to begin …