Aid is still an important feature of the development landscape. Fragile states, in particular, have the greatest … development needs but due to their poor governance they are the least likely countries to use aid effectively to meet their … development challenges. In this paper, we explore which fragile states receive most aid flows, which donors are particularly …

analysis of large-scale violent conflict with other forms of violence, instability, fragility, and humanitarian crises. …

The objective of this paper is to focus on fragility research findings and examine what works or does not work in … development aid and development cooperation in fragile and conflictaffected contexts. We draw on our own research findings as well …

This paper uses recently published top 1% income share series in studying the inequality-development association. The … opportunity to study slow development processes. The empirical inequality-development studies have started to call into question … spline methods. The association between top 1% share and development is found to experience a reversal at later stages of …

. Whilst US aid has correctly been cited as key factor in explaining the rapid post-war development of South Korea and Taiwan …

universities and the infrastructure for higher education in forestry, agriculture, and rural development, is important in the long …

Leadership' is not a common topic for research in international development. In recent years, however, prominent … studies like the 2008 Growth Commission Report noted the importance of leadership in development. This and other studies … focused on individual leaders - or heroes - when examining 'who leads development'. The current article asks if heroes really …

The World Bank is uniquely positioned to identify and disseminate innovative development practices. Based on his thirty … Bank focusing on dominant development paradigms, client and stakeholder relationships and the organization's operational …