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- Privatising Basic Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: The MDG Impact
Privatisation of basic utilities in sub-Saharan Africa has been a widespread failure, hampering progress on the water and sanitation and other energy-related MDGs.
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT
- On Public Organizations in Ghana: What Differentiates Good Performers from Poor Performers?
Are there significant differences in the characteristics of poor and good performing public organisations?
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT
- Institutional Foundations for Shared Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
How do a countrys institutions relate to its economic growth, and to inequality? This paper from the African Development Bank looks at these relationships with a view to understanding the institutional conditions for pro-poor and shared growth.
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT
- The Political Economy of the Resource Curse: A Literature Survey
Are natural resources bad for development?
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT
- Media Matters: Perspectives on Advancing Governance and Development from the Global Forum for Media Development
Why is the media important in development? This report from the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) is the result of a year-long collaboration between media development practitioners and social, political and communications scientists.
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT
- Demand and Supply-side Determinants of Conditional Cash Transfer Program Effectiveness
How effective are conditional cash transfer programs in promoting human capital accumulation?
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT
- The Palestinian War-torn Economy: Aid, Development and State Formation
What conditions have influenced the Palestinian economys long-term development prospects?
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT
- Political Engineering and Party Politics in Conflict-Prone Societies
It is widely accepted that broad-based, multi-ethnic parties are good for democracy in ethnically diverse societies.
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT
- Place, Social Protection and Migration in Bangladesh: A Londoni Village in Biswanath
What are the dynamics of internal and overseas migration in a typical Londoni village in Bangladesh?
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT
- Where is Education in the Conditional Cash Transfers of Education?
What are the educational benefits of Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) to children living in poor households?
Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT
- Economic and Political Foundations of State-Making in Africa: Understanding State Reconstruction
How can the process of state reconstruction be understood?
Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT
- Uganda: Managing More Effective Decentralization
Decentralisation is often seen as a means of improving the efficiency, transparency and responsiveness of local service provision.
Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT
- Education in Fragile States: Capturing Lessons and Identifying Good Practice
Poor access to education and gender inequalities are common in states experiencing conflict or emerging from conflict.
Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT
- Lessons from Evaluations of Women and Gender Equality in Development Co-operation
Why are efforts to empower women and promote gender equality in international development failing? Several evaluations have revealed weaknesses in the institutionalisation of activities, a lack of resources and poor reporting.
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT
- Local Capacity, Village Governance, and the Political Economy of Rural Development in Indonesia
The idea that local people are best placed to address local problems is widely accepted, but how can the nature and effectiveness of local capacity be examined?
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT