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Aid and Development (Eldis)
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Updated: 8 weeks 6 days ago New aid for African agriculture: how will this be realised?After years of 'neglect' in favour of health and education assistance in Africa, the food crisis has concentrated the donor community's ...
Should NGOs be more 'aid effective'?INGOs receive large shares of Overseas Development Aid and, added to their private funding, the largest among them now control budgets that surpass those ...
Time for a new 'aid architecture'?This Policy Insight provides an alternative perspective on the new international aid architecture, or 'non-system'. The author argues that the ...
Do policy conditions work?According to this Policy Insight, to put the 'ownership' principle of aid effectiveness into practice, developing-country governments need to ...
Policy conditionality: a non-starter?This Policy Insight examines policy conditionality in the context of international discussions on aid effectiveness. It explains why policy conditionality ...
Examining the impact of cyclone Nargis on Myanmar's vulnerable older populationLeaving a wake of destruction in the Ayeyarwady Delta in May 2008, Cyclone Nargis is considered the greatest single natural disaster in Myanmar's ...
What is the impact of donor harmonisation on democratic processes?This synthesis report looks into the impact of donor harmonisation on democratisation processes in recipient countries. It is based on case studies ...
How can children effectively participate in disaster risk reduction?This guide, and the examples within it, show the varied, productive and leading roles children can play in disaster risk reduction (DRR). The guide states ...
Trends in China's relationship with KenyaThis study analyses the extent of China's trade, foreign investment and aid in Kenya. The specific objectives of this study are to determine the ...
Accra: towards a new global aid architecture?The Third High-Level Forum on Aid effectiveness has commenced. The Accra conference will seek to build on the 'achievements' of the Paris ...
Are countries on track to achieve the MDG sanitation target?This report details global progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target for drinking water and sanitation, and what these trends suggest ...
Perceptions of corruption in humanitarian agenciesHumanitarian assistance aims to save lives and alleviate the suffering of people in times of crisis. Yet these noble ambitions do not immunise the ...
Capital inflows to low-income economies: consequences and challengesCapital flows are at historic highs in Low-Income Countries (LICs). Private-source inflows have quadrupled relative to LIC GDPs since the 1980s. Foreign ...
Capital inflows to low-income economies: consequences and challengesCapital flows are at historic highs in Low-Income Countries (LICs). Private-source inflows have quadrupled relative to LIC GDPs since the 1980s. Foreign ...
Compilation of articles focusing on environment and poverty reductionThe paper features a collection of short articles that focus on the complex links between environment and poverty reduction. The articles discuss how ...
Compilation of articles focusing on environment and poverty reductionThe paper features a collection of short articles that focus on the complex links between environment and poverty reduction. The articles discuss how ...
Reforming the Paris agendaIn the context of the forthcoming Third High Level Forum in Accra, Ghana in September 2008, this paper looks at the future of aid effectiveness beyond ...
Building disaster reduction initiatives locallyThis document outlines the proceedings of a two-day workshop entitled 'People, policy, and partnership for disaster resilient development' ...
How are major cities in East Asia responding to climate change?This primer is a guide for local governments in East Asia help them understand the concepts and consequences of climate change and how climate ...
Interacting with tsunami warning centres and end-to-end tsunami warning systemsIn the aftermath of the Great Sumatra Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004, countries of the Indian Ocean basin formed an Intergovernmental ...
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