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The changing dynamics of foreign aid and democracy in Mozambique

Manning, Carrie; Malbrough, Monica - 2012

This study explores the effects of foreign aid on democracy in Mozambique during the last decade. Aid for democracy built on historic relationships forged between donors and the government during the wartime humanitarian emergency. Foreign aid played an important role in Mozambique's transition...

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Foreign aid, urbanization and green cities

Li, Jun - 2013

Rapid urbanization, and particularly the associated problems of urban poverty, unsustainable development and environmental degradation, pose an enormous challenge to many developing countries. In the last decade more foreign aid has been diverted to urbanization and green city development. This...

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Aid, growth, and jobs

Fields, Gary - 2012

Various development objectives are worthy, but to my mind, one objective dominates all others: reducing the scourge of absolute economic misery in the world. In this paper, I focus on an important but relatively underemphasized approach to poverty reduction: helping the poor earn more in the...

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The effectiveness of foreign aid to education: What can be learned?

Riddell, Abby - 2012

This paper reviews what has been learned over many decades of foreign aid to education. It discusses what works and what does not and in this discussion draws attention to the fact that even a simple assessment requires more than providing a uniform check-list of inputs. It shows the positive...

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China and India: Country role models of development success?

Santos-Paulino, Amelia U. - 2010

political reforms pursued by the two countries. The paper also outlines the outstanding reforms and the bottlenecks that could …

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Global capitalism theory and the emergence of transnational elites

Robinson, William I. - 2010

. This essay focuses on structural analysis of the distinction between these two fractions of the elite and the implications …

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Assessing the effectiveness of World Bank investments: The gender dimension

Lauterbach, Claire; Zuckerman, Elaine - 2013

Today it is widely acknowledged that increasing the gender sensitivity of development aid increases its effectiveness. This report evaluates the extent to which the World Bank integrates gender concerns into its policies and investments, pointing out structural, financial and policy gaps that...

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Taxation and development: A review of donor support to strengthen tax systems in developing countries

Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge - 2013

countries' own revenue-raising efforts. This paper reviews the state of knowledge on aid and tax reform in developing countries … provide assistance to reform tax systems; and (4) knowledge gaps to be filled in order to design better donor interventions …. The paper argues that donors should complement the traditional 'technical' approach to tax reform with measures that …

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Foreign aid for climate change related capacity building

Chen, Zexian; He, Jingjing - 2013

The current climate change crisis has repeatedly alerted mankind to the urgency of tackling this pressing global challenge before it is too late. Developing countries, which have contributed negligibly to the present climate change problem are, nevertheless, hit the hardest by, and are most...

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Foreign aid, green cities and buildings

Kablan, Sandrine - 2013

This paper attempts, first, to assess foreign aid effectiveness in fostering green city procedures in developing countries. For this purpose, we rely on the following aid effectiveness criteria: national ownership; harmonization; alignment and mutual accountability; and results management. Our...

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