Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Projects and Policies, Politics and Ethnicities / Ronald J. Herring and Milton J. Esman -- 2. The World Bank and Displacement: The Challenge of Heterogeneity / Daniel R. Gibson -- 3. USAID and Ethnic Conflict: An Epiphany? / Heather S. McHugh -- 4. Foreign Aid...

Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1: Development and Peasants' Associations in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 2: The ESA Experience-Part 1 -- 3: The ESA Experience-Part 2 -- 4: Decentralization and Organizations in West Africa -- 5: Farmers'...

Every day, we are barraged by statistics, images, and emotional messages that present poverty as a problem to be quantified, managed, and solved. Global generations present the poor as a heterogeneous group and stress globalized solutions to the problem of poverty. Governing the Poor exposes the...

This report evaluates the outcomes of World Bank Group support to Afghanistan from 2002-11. Despite extremely difficult security conditions, which deteriorated markedly after 2006, the World Bank Group has commendably established and sustained a large program of support to the country. The key...

This paper uses a partial equilibrium framework to evaluate the relative efficiency, distributional and revenue implications of rice tariffs and targeted transfers in Madagascar, especially in the context of identifying their respective roles for poverty alleviation. Although there are likely to...

Foreign aid flows to poor, aid-dependent economies are highly volatile and pro-cyclical. Shortfalls in aid coincide with shortfalls in GDP and government revenues. This increases the consumption volatility in aid dependent countries, thereby causing substantial welfare losses. This paper finds...

This paper studies the spending and absorption of aid in PRGF-supported programs, verifies whether the use aid is programmed to be smoothed over time, and analyzes how considerations about macroeconomic stability influence the programmed use of aid. It finds that PRGF-supported programs allow...

We develop a simple macroeconomic model that assesses the effects of higher foreign aid on output growth and other macroeconomic variables, including the real exchange rate. The model is easily tractable and requires estimation of only a few basic parameters. It takes into account the impact of...

In a world of tightening budgets and increased competition for grant money, Developing a Winning Grant Proposal provides the guidelines, strategies, plans, and techniques to craft a fundable grant proposal. A user-friendly, engaging, and up-to-date guide, this book covers the entire process from...