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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 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 June 1, 2002 |
In brief Johannesburg summit 2002... Technical assistance for Africa... East Timor to join IMF... |
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 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 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 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 2010 Jagdish Bhagwati |
Time for a Rethink It is hard to object to the Millennium Development Goals, but that doesn't mean they lay out an effective blueprint for development |
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 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 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 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 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 Peter S. Heller |
Making AID Work An unlikely alliance of rock stars, politicians, and grassroots activists has put the issue of combating poverty at the forefront of global policymaking. Scaling up aid flows is just the start of a complex set of decisions and tough choices. |
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, 2001 Nsouli & Le Gall |
The New International Financial Architecture and Africa African countries have made progress on various elements of the new architecture, but more work is needed---in particular, to enhance transparency and accountability, implement standards and codes, and strengthen financial systems. |
Finance & Development September 2009 |
In Brief World economic news: Increasing global liquidity... World hunger at historic highs... Mobile phone use worldwide... IMF blog... Economic events and calendar... |
Finance & Development September 2009 |
Book Reviews Books of economic interest: Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa, by Dambisa Moyo... Successes of the International Monetary Fund: Untold Stories of Cooperation at Work, by Michael A. Clemens... more... |
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 2008 Celasun & Walliser |
Managing Aid Surprises Countries cannot make full use of aid when it is unpredictable |
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 September 2008 Gupta & Tareq |
Mobilizing Revenue Strengthening domestic revenue bases is key to creating fiscal space for Africa's developmental needs |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Saleh M. Nsouli |
Capacity Building in Africa: The Role of International Financial Institutions This article reviews the evidence on the importance of domestic institutions for economic growth and examines the role of international financial institutions, and particularly the IMF and its training, in capacity building in Africa. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Michael C. Moynihan |
The Failure of African Aid Western aid to Africa has made poor countries poorer, retarded their economic growth, and entrenched despotic regimes, argues the Zambian-born economist Dambisa Moyo in her new book Dead Aid. |
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. |
Reason October 2005 Ronald Bailey |
Data: Aiding and Indebting Despite the push to give to sub-Saharan African economies, evidence that aid boosts economic development is hard to come by. |
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 June 2009 Donald Kaberuka |
Straight Talk: Start This Engine Africa's policymakers should prepare for global recovery by priming their private sectors. |
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, 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 Elaine Venter |
Point of View: A Work in Progress The Paris Declaration renews focus on aid reform but is still donor-centric |
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 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 2010 Jeremy Clift |
From the Editor: The Promise of the MDGs THE Millennium Development Goals are eight international development targets that all 192 United Nations member states and a large number of international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015. |
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 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 December 1, 2001 G.E. Gondwe |
Making Globalization Work in Africa There is no doubt that economic growth rates in sub-Saharan Africa have lagged far behind those of other regions and that Africa is the region least integrated into the global 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 June 1, 2002 Masood Ahmed |
Building Consensus on Poverty Reduction One hundred eighty-nine countries came together at the United Nations Millennium Summit and pledged to act individually and collectively to make the Millennium Development Goals a reality. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Ulrich Jacoby |
Getting Together China is itself a developing country, but it is also fast becoming a major player in the development of sub-Saharan Africa. |
Finance & Development March 2006 |
Letters to the Editor Aid recipients must be more accountable... Why not limit new borrowing?... Redesigning aid... |
Finance & Development June 2009 |
In Brief Contracting with the private sector to deliver education has benefits... IMF trying to ensure that economic adjustments take account of the needs of the most vulnerable... Handbook on Securities Statistics, which covers debt securities issues, is released... more... |
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 June 1, 2001 |
Bulletin IMFC Meeting Endorses IMF Crisis Prevention Efforts... IMF in the process of change... The IMF's Role in Poverty Reduction... IMF Acts to Streamline and Focus Conditionality... |
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 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 June 1, 2002 Peter S. Heller & Sanjeev Gupta |
Challenges in Expanding Aid Flows The international community is calling for an increase in foreign development aid to 0.7 percent of industrial country GNP from 0.24 percent of GNP at present. But a large increase in aid flows could pose a number of challenges for the poorest countries. |
Finance & Development June 2007 |
Letters to the Editor The merits of private equity... Building a solid foundation... Deciding how to spend the oil windfall... Hunger is the real problem... etc. |
Wired October 2009 Douglas McGray |
Dambisa Moyo: Cut Off Aid to Africa Dambisa Moyo is telling the world that in order to save Africa, we need to stop giving them financial aid. |