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Finance & Development September 2008 Masood Ahmed	The Next Frontier Low-income countries gain ground in a globalized world, but they still face major challenges.
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Berg & Qureshi	The MDGs: Building Momentum A big push on aid is not the sole answer. International development policy needs to move beyond aid and aim for actions that, together with stronger reforms in developing countries, cohere into a broader big push.
Finance & Development December 1, 2006 Schieber et al.	Getting Real on Health Financing Unless the efficiency of the global aid architecture is improved and countries enhance their ability to put aid to good use, the massive investment in health that is currently taking place will not deliver the improvement in the health of the poor that everybody is striving for.
Finance & Development December 1, 2006 Sundberg & Gelb	Making Aid Work Aid in the past was often guided by geopolitical considerations linked to the interests of donor countries rather than by development objectives. But the end of the cold war and progress toward a new aid architecture should make aid more effective in Africa.
Finance & Development December 1, 2002 Bulir & Lane	Managing the Fiscal Impact of Aid Poor countries must find better ways to manage spending in the face of volatile and unpredictable aid flows.
Finance & Development December 1, 2006 Bio-Tchane & Christensen	Right Time for Africa Africa needs to build on its recent success to catch up. A forward-looking reform agenda should aim to maintain macroeconomic stability, improve the business climate, promote trade, and, most important, strengthen fiscal institutions.
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Aiyar et al.	The Macroeconomic Challenge of More Aid Here is an analysis of five African countries that received big increases in aid. Their experiences offer useful lessons on an international level in scaling up aid to well-performing poor countries.
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Evangelos A. Calamitsis	The Need for Stronger Domestic Policies and International Support Globalization is a powerful engine of world prosperity, and it is certainly here to stay. Income disparities remain large. The basic issue is what policies and reforms are most likely to bring about sustainable economic growth for the benefit of all the peoples of the world.
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Andrews et al.	Ethiopia: Scaling Up Assessing the impact of a dramatic increase in aid on one of Africa's poorest countries.
Finance & Development September 2008 Deutscher & Fyson	Improving the Effectiveness of Aid A proliferation of donors and projects has made the governance of aid more problematic.
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Radelet et al.	Aid and Growth Although the impact of aid on economic growth diminishes as aid increases, in countries with stronger institutions or better health, more aid can be absorbed effectively.
Finance & Development December 1, 2005 Maureen Lewis	A War Chest for Fighting HIV/AIDS With billions of dollars mobilized, the challenge is how to spend the money wisely in the fight against the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Finance & Development September 2008 Gupta & Tareq	Mobilizing Revenue Strengthening domestic revenue bases is key to creating fiscal space for Africa's developmental needs
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Jamison & Radelet	Making Aid Smarter How donor support for primary education can be made more effective.
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Bilal Siddiqi	Picture This Aiding Development Chart-based analysis of which countries give the most aid and where the money goes.
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Sharpe, Wood & Wratten	U.K.: More Country Ownership A country-led approach, in which the governments of developing countries themselves define and lead the poverty reduction agenda, is the key to improving aid effectiveness.
Finance & Development September 2010	Regaining Momentum Progress on the Millennium Development Goals has been slowed by the crisis. The rest of the world has to help.
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Nora Lustig & Nicholas Stern	Broadening the Agenda for Poverty Reduction: Opportunity, Empowerment, Security Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, in addition to promoting economic growth, addresses ingrained inequalities, institutional failures, social barriers, and other risks.
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Stefano Curto	Changing Aid Landscape Despite donors' commitments to scale up aid in line with the 2002 Monterrey Consensus and the 2005 Gleneagles Declaration, the response has been mixed.
Finance & Development September 2008	Dialogue Box F&D asked a number of opinion leaders around the world to answer the question, What's the single thing most likely to double living standards in poor countries over the next decade?
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Basil P. Mramba	Tanzania: 'Smart' Partnerships A clear national development vision upon which donor support can be anchored is critical for ensuring that aid is well used.
Finance & Development September 2010	Half Empty or Half Full Does aid work? The net impact of aid surges depends on country-specific factors.
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Birger Fredriksen	Keeping the Promise What is holding up achieving primary education for all African children?
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Ernesto Hernandez-Cata	Raising Growth and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Can Be Done? Sub-Saharan Africa must increase economic growth to reduce poverty and improve living standards. This article discusses some obstacles to growth in the region, as well as some policy actions that would improve its prospects.
Finance & Development September 2008 Celasun & Walliser	Managing Aid Surprises Countries cannot make full use of aid when it is unpredictable
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Masood Ahmed & Hugh Bredenkamp	Supporting Poverty Reduction in Low-Income Developing Countries: The International Community's Response Despite developing countries' improved economic growth rates during the 1990s, poverty has remained firmly entrenched. How can developing countries, international financial institutions, and developed countries work together more effectively to reduce the incidence of poverty?
Finance & Development March 1, 2007 Bourguignon & Sundberg	Aid Can Work The effectiveness of aid remains a highly controversial issue for economists and development practitioners. However, aid effectiveness is getting better, even though it is tough to prove.
Finance & Development September 2010	Making a Breakthrough To accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goals, growth must happen in sectors that directly benefit the poor, such as agriculture.
Finance & Development December 1, 2002 Kose & Prasad	Thinking Big How can small states hold their own in an increasingly globalized economy?
Finance & Development December 1, 2005 Raghuram Rajan	Aid and Growth: The Policy Challenge The best way to get the poor in low-income countries out of poverty is to strengthen economic growth in those countries. But we need more than aid to break the cycle of poverty.
Finance & Development March 2008 Wang & Bio-Tchane	Africa's Burgeoning Ties with China Africa and China have been trading partners for centuries. But in recent years, the level and intensity of their relationship have increased dramatically.
Finance & Development June 1, 2001 Guy Pfeffermann	Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: The Role of Private Enterprise The role of private enterprise in development has been neglected by scholars, governments, and aid organizations. This is regrettable: a vibrant private sector generates jobs, raises incomes, and makes better, cheaper goods and services available...
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Jean-Baptiste Compaore	Burkina Faso: Greater Capacity In Burkina Faso, only about 70% of aid committed by donors is effectively disbursed. Improving absorption capacity is crucial if a scaling up of aid is to be effective in growing its economy.
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Bio-Tchane & Yehoue	Africa's Missing Ingredients How international economic aid can be better directed to entrench development in sub-Saharan Africa.
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Baldacci et al.	What Does It Take to Help the Poor Spending on education and health can boost human capital in poor countries and help them reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but only if governments are held accountable.
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Eifert & Gelb	Coping with Aid Volatility Aid may become even more unpredictable, but there are ways to tackle the problem. To improve aid predictability, donors must lengthen funding horizons, and the annual review and programming cycle must be strengthened at the country level.
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Pattillo, Gupta & Carey	Growing Pains With Africa's growth finally picking up, the challenge is to accelerate and sustain the pace to reduce poverty.
Finance & Development December 1, 2005 Saavedra & Arias	Stuck in a Rut Avenues for combating persistent poverty and inequality in Latin America.
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 David E. Bloom	Governing Global Health How better coordination can advance global health and improve value for money.
Finance & Development June 1, 2002 Brian Ames	Taking Stock of Poverty Reduction Efforts What exactly is a poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP), the centerpiece of the international community's new assault on poverty? It is essentially a road map prepared by countries themselves to help them better target public policies in support of poverty reduction.
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Zagha, Nankani & Gill	Rethinking Growth Economists are reconsidering what they really know about economic growth and how to go about formulating global national policies in the absence of reliable models.
Finance & Development December 2011 Antoinette Sayeh	The Quality of Growth The questions that continually nag at me concern the quality of this growth in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, is it inclusive -- are the poor and the young benefiting -- and is it sustainable?
Finance & Development September 2008	From the Editor With food and oil prices touching record highs and global growth slowing, low-income countries are facing difficulties making it even more critical for advanced economies and other donors to live up to their commitments on aid levels.
Finance & Development March 1, 2003 Christine Ebrahim-zadeh	Back to Basics Dutch Disease: Too much wealth managed unwisely
Finance & Development March 2006	Letters to the Editor Aid recipients must be more accountable... Why not limit new borrowing?... Redesigning aid...
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Gupta, Hammond, Leete, & Swanson	Progress Toward the International Development Goals It is easy to lose track of the improvements that have occurred over time in the lives of poor people in many developing countries....
Finance & Development September 2007	Letters to the Editor The dark side of aid... Stop misusing PPP calculations... Make antiretroviral drugs available to all...
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Dani Rodrik	Growth Versus Poverty Reduction: A Hollow Debate
Finance & Development March 1, 2002 Alain Mingat & Carolyn Winter	Education for All by 2015 At the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal, in 2000, officials from 180 countries set a challenging goal: ensuring access to primary education for all children by 2015...