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The authors assess the role of the multilateral development system and the reforms needed to support the new global agenda. There is an urgency to the reforms. The coming decades will see the largest urban expansion in history. More infrastructure needs to be built in the next 15 years than the...
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official development assistance (ODA) matters substantially, and those countries where ODA is no longer financially significant … of ODA importance vis-à-vis national resources and FCAS/non-FCAS countries. Finally, new estimates are made for the cost … are located in countries where the importance of ODA is low; (iii) the direct costs of ending extreme and absolute …
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Bangladesh's international image is not as a popular tourism destination, and many people might be surprised to learn it has three World Heritage sites, including the Sundarbans tiger reserves. Moreover, it is part of important travel circuits for cultural and religious tourism, and has...
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This paper examines the role of multinationals and international business in poverty alleviation, based on an analysis of articles in the top journals in business, economics, and policy. We develop a conceptual cross-disciplinary framework that maps and disentangles the impact of different types...
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The foreign aid landscape has undergone a paradigm shift in the last few decades, with changes in the behaviour of … 'traditional' donors and a new focus on selectivity in aid disbursement, as well as 'new' donors and South-South co …-operation playing an increasingly important role. Amidst these changes the debate over aid effectiveness rages on. What impact has aid …
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