This survey of the 2016 replenishments of three multilateral development bank soft funds and of the Global Fund for … AIDS, TB and Malaria shows that a significant re-set of the multilateral development finance system is taking place, with …, the International Development Association). 'Graduation' of countries away from eligibility for highly concessional …

measures to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). A MDGs status report on Kenya indicates that progress has been made …

The question discussed in this in this paper is whether foreign aid can help accelerate growth in African countries …. The paper reviews growth determinants and growth constraints in Africa and discusses how aid can help relieve the … constraints. Issues covered are the choice of aid modalities, donor coordination, conditionality, and international integration. A …

Contributing to the alleviation of poverty in recipient countries is one of the main goals of most aid organizations …. In this paper the following question is asked: could it be the case that altruistic aid organizations are counter … worsen? The answer is yes and the reason is simply that recipient governments adjust in order to qualify for aid. It is shown …

There exists a longstanding discussion of the role of the informal economy in the development process of Third World … development or should rather be considered as a barrier to modernization. There is a remarkable shift of attention, away from …

protection through to humanitarian intervention. This Research Paper looks at resilience as a theme of development strategy and …