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A survey of the World Development Reports I: discursive strategies

Mawdsley, Emma; Rigg, Jonathan - In: Progress in Development Studies 2 (2002) 2, pp. 93-111

This is the first of two surveys of the World Development Report series. Here we focus on the discursive strategies adopted by the Reports. We begin by setting the Reports within the wider milieu of development theory and practice. Behind the pragmatic, problem-solving image that the Reports aim...

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Report of the Task Force on Credit Related Issues of Farmers

eSocialSciences; National Bank for Agriculture and … - 2011

The Task Force visited 45 villages across 17 states and held state and regional level consultations to understand from …

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Symposium Introduction: The Global Financial Crisis, Governance and Institutional Dynamics

Thynne, Ian - In: Public Organization Review 11 (2011) 1, pp. 1-12

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Punishing the Poor? A Look at Evidence and Action Regarding User Fees in Health Care

CEHAT, ... - eSocialSciences - 2011

This policy brief aims to summarise evidence and discuss various concerns about charging user fees from a low-income perspective.

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HDR 1998 - Consumption for Human Development

UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …

this century. Yet the Report states that the benefits of this consumption have been badly distributed, leaving a backlog of …

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HDR 1999 - Globalization with a Human Face

UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …

Global markets, global technology, global ideas and global solidarity can enrich the lives of people everywhere. The … competitive global markets, is outpacing the governance of markets and the repercussions on people. Characterized by “shrinking … markets can go too far and squeeze the non-market activities so vital for human development. Fiscal squeezes are constraining …

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Governing global markets in a new age of globalization

Jensen, Jody - In: Society and Economy 29 (2007) December, pp. 305-324

The contradictions in terms of justice and democracy in contemporary globalization have given rise to counter-movements that attempt to reassert control over economic forces. The rapid changes of our globalizing world also challenge conventional disciplinary academic approaches of analysis....

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Civil society responses to poverty reduction strategies in Nicaragua

Bradshaw, Sarah; Linneker, Brian - In: Progress in Development Studies 3 (2003) 2, pp. 147-158

is the idea of â€˜national ownershipâ€™ facilitated by wide consultation and participation of civil society in the …

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Trade Finance during the 2008–9 Trade Collapse: Key Takeaways

Chauffour, Jean-Pierre; Malouche, Mariem - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 66, pp. 1-6

Trade finance matters for trade, and when financial markets and world trade collapsed three years ago, a shortage in …? In retrospect, what role did trade finance actually play? Did the freeze in the financial markets cause the unprecedented …

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Democratisation with Inclusion: political reforms and people's empowerment at the grassroots

Manor, James - In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 5 (2004) 1, pp. 5-29

This paper reviews recent approaches by developing country governments to include ordinary people, particularly the poor, in democratic processes so as to benefit the people and protect democracy itself. Three issues currently characterise all aspects of government: centrist approaches, fiscal...

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