methods, and different data sets. "--World Bank web site …

increases in growth. "--World Bank web site …

political and strategic factors play a crucial role in the emergency aid allocation. On average, donor governments favor smaller … strong evidence for bandwagon effects in humanitarian assistance. "--World Bank web site …

' approaches and first steps toward closing them. "--World Bank web site …

allocation and sequencing of public spending. Especially for low-income countries, the challenges of the MDGs cannot be well … analyze policies aimed at making progress toward the goals, the World Bank has developed a new tool, the Maquette for MDG … economic growth. Second, it shows how scaling up these services has economy-wide impacts that may change resource allocation in …

performance-based, and past experience can be used more systematically to develop "outcome" norms to better guide aid allocation …. "--World Bank web site …