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No. 19 | 01 May 2006 |
The Rise of China and India
China’s and India’s strong appetite for energy and metal has boosted international prices and the volume and value of African exports. China in particular has become the main trade partner for a number of African countries providing cheap... |
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No. 18 | 01 May 2006 |
Decentralisation in Asian Health Sectors
Decentralising health services – the transfer of power and responsibility from the central to the local level – should help the poor if local resources, accountability and governance are in good shape. The process in China and India had negative... |
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No. 23 | 01 Jun 2006 |
China
China’s trade impact on Latin America is positive via an export boom and indirectly better terms of trade. Its emergence is also a wake up call for the region: more reforms are needed, especially in infrastructure, in order to maintain Latin... |
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No. 24 | 01 Aug 2006 |
Aid and Coherence of OECD Country Policies
Foreign aid flows disproportionately to the poorest among the developing countries. Countries that account for the poorest fifth of world’s population receive more than a fifth of aid spending from OECD countries. Similarly, the benefits of trade... |
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No. 29 | 01 Sept 2006 |
Migration, a Negative or a Positive Driver for Development?
The effects of migration on development depends on who leaves, where they go, and how home countries adjust to their leaving. Migration and development policies are comlements, not substitutes. Smart visa policies, coupled with capacity building at... |
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No. 28 | 01 Sept 2006 |
Dragons and Elephants in Latin America
China's growing influence on Africa and on Latin America has, to some extent, overshadowed the rise of another emerging market giant in the East: India. This other Asian emerging presence is also symbolic of the rapid redesigning of the global... |
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No. 27 | 01 Sept 2006 |
Democracy in (Latin) America
Latin American Countries vary widely in their institutional capacity to conduct economic policy analysis. Capacity for policy analysis is a necessary condition for economic reform but capacity for implementation is also needed. The point of contact... |
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No. 30 | 01 Oct 2006 |
The Cotton Sector in Mali
How can Mali and the donor community enhance competitiveness of the Malian cotton sector and realise its growth potential? Mali is already promoting the abolition of cotton export subsidies in Northern nations in the current WTO Doha Round. To... |
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No. 33 | 01 Nov 2006 |
Governance Indicators for Development
The use of governance “indicators” is booming. These indicators are supposed to quantify the quality of a country’s governance institutions by considering, for example, the extent of corruption in the economy, the quality of public and private... |
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No. 31 | 01 Nov 2006 |
Microfinance
In order for microfinance institutions to reach more poor people they should become an integral part of the financial sector, and develop as sound domestic intermediaries. They should go commercial, broadening their client basis and scaling up their... |
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No. 35 | 01 Dec 2006 |
Culture, Family Ties and the Saving Hand
Different cultures entail both a great diversity of household structures and different saving patterns. The diversity of family relations and saving patterns creates different incentives for physical and human capital accumulation. Policies can alter... |
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No. 34 | 01 Dec 2006 |
The Importance of Traditions for Development
Sustainable development requires well co-ordinated and functioning formal and informal institutions. In developing countries, courts, regulations and formal conventions are often observed in the breach or fail to function. By default, informal... |
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No. 36 | 01 Jan 2007 |
How to Lend to African Countries after a Decade of Debt Relief?
The total amount of debt relief accorded to African countries in the framework of the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative is expected to reach $43 billion concerning 33 countries. The 15 African countries presently qualified for this Initiative will... |
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No. 37 | 01 Feb 2007 |
In Search of a Better World
Bond financing has replaced bank loans and other sources of capital flows as a major source of funding for emerging markets. This shift has been particularly impressive in Latin America. Disentangling the dynamics of emerging bond markets and the... |
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No. 38 | 01 Mar 2007 |
The Democratic Banker
The Democratic Banker (03/2007) (Other Languages : FR / ES) Policy Insights No.38 by Javier Santiso Banks contribute not only to the economic development of emerging countries but also to political development. International bank flows in an emerging... |
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No. 47 | 01 Apr 2007 |
Africa in 2007
Growth will accelerate for net oil exporters and weaken slightly for oil importers, strengthening the trends projected in African Economic Outlook 2006. For the oil importers, moreover, inflation is moving to double-digit levels. Budget deficits in... |
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No. 46 | 01 Apr 2007 |
Africans Need not Miss Out on the Benefits of Globalisation
Strong commodity prices are driving Africa’s growth, which should be about 6 % in 2007 and 2008. External vulnerability is a function of its limited integration into international trade and investment flows. Africa should mobilise external sources... |
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No. 44 | 01 Apr 2007 |
Forgive Debt, but Keep Lending
Cancelling of poor-country debt does not mean that the best way to give aid is through grants only. Aid through loans may often prove superior, provided that it maintains debt sustainability. A new scheme for soft loans is suggested, with higher... |
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No. 41 | 01 Apr 2007 |
Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation in Africa
Africa is unlikely to reach the drinking water and sanitation Millennium Development Goals. Disparities among countries are large, and the deficit in sanitation is greater than that for drinking water. Serious reforms in institutions, legal... |
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No. 40 | 01 Apr 2007 |
Facing Complexity in Development Finance
Despite growing aid volumes, financing development is becoming more difficult, not less. Better information on private finance flows will help developing-country governments craft more effective policies. Without stronger government leadership,... |
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The Rise of China and India
Andrea Goldstein, Nicolas Pinaud et Helmut Reisen
01 May 2006
China’s and India’s strong appetite for energy and metal has boosted international prices and the volume and value of African exports. China in particular has become the main trade partner for a number of African countries providing cheap...
Decentralisation in Asian Health Sectors
Hiroko Uchimura et Johannes Jütting
01 May 2006
Decentralising health services – the transfer of power and responsibility from the central to the local level – should help the poor if local resources, accountability and governance are in good shape. The process in China and India had negative...
China
Javier Santiso
01 Jun 2006
China’s trade impact on Latin America is positive via an export boom and indirectly better terms of trade. Its emergence is also a wake up call for the region: more reforms are needed, especially in infrastructure, in order to maintain Latin...
Aid and Coherence of OECD Country Policies
Denis Cogneau et Sylvie Lambert
01 Aug 2006
Foreign aid flows disproportionately to the poorest among the developing countries. Countries that account for the poorest fifth of world’s population receive more than a fifth of aid spending from OECD countries. Similarly, the benefits of trade...
Migration, a Negative or a Positive Driver for Development?
Louka T. Katseli et Theodora Xenogiani
01 Sept 2006
The effects of migration on development depends on who leaves, where they go, and how home countries adjust to their leaving. Migration and development policies are comlements, not substitutes. Smart visa policies, coupled with capacity building at...
Dragons and Elephants in Latin America
Javier Santiso
01 Sept 2006
China's growing influence on Africa and on Latin America has, to some extent, overshadowed the rise of another emerging market giant in the East: India. This other Asian emerging presence is also symbolic of the rapid redesigning of the global...
Democracy in (Latin) America
Javier Santiso
01 Sept 2006
Latin American Countries vary widely in their institutional capacity to conduct economic policy analysis. Capacity for policy analysis is a necessary condition for economic reform but capacity for implementation is also needed. The point of contact...
The Cotton Sector in Mali
Claudia Behrendt
01 Oct 2006
How can Mali and the donor community enhance competitiveness of the Malian cotton sector and realise its growth potential? Mali is already promoting the abolition of cotton export subsidies in Northern nations in the current WTO Doha Round. To...
Governance Indicators for Development
Charles P. Oman et Christiane Arndt
01 Nov 2006
The use of governance “indicators” is booming. These indicators are supposed to quantify the quality of a country’s governance institutions by considering, for example, the extent of corruption in the economy, the quality of public and private...
Microfinance
Lucia Wegner
01 Nov 2006
In order for microfinance institutions to reach more poor people they should become an integral part of the financial sector, and develop as sound domestic intermediaries. They should go commercial, broadening their client basis and scaling up their...
Culture, Family Ties and the Saving Hand
Christian Morrisson et Juan Ramón de Laiglesia
01 Dec 2006
Different cultures entail both a great diversity of household structures and different saving patterns. The diversity of family relations and saving patterns creates different incentives for physical and human capital accumulation. Policies can alter...
The Importance of Traditions for Development
Johannes Jütting, Denis Drechsler et Indra de Soysa
01 Dec 2006
Sustainable development requires well co-ordinated and functioning formal and informal institutions. In developing countries, courts, regulations and formal conventions are often observed in the breach or fail to function. By default, informal...
How to Lend to African Countries after a Decade of Debt Relief?
Hélène Djoufelkit-Cottenet
01 Jan 2007
The total amount of debt relief accorded to African countries in the framework of the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative is expected to reach $43 billion concerning 33 countries. The 15 African countries presently qualified for this Initiative will...
In Search of a Better World
Sebastián Nieto Parra et Javier Santiso
01 Feb 2007
Bond financing has replaced bank loans and other sources of capital flows as a major source of funding for emerging markets. This shift has been particularly impressive in Latin America. Disentangling the dynamics of emerging bond markets and the...
The Democratic Banker
Javier Santiso
01 Mar 2007
The Democratic Banker (03/2007) (Other Languages : FR / ES) Policy Insights No.38 by Javier Santiso Banks contribute not only to the economic development of emerging countries but also to political development. International bank flows in an emerging...
Africa in 2007
Kenneth G. Ruffing
01 Apr 2007
Growth will accelerate for net oil exporters and weaken slightly for oil importers, strengthening the trends projected in African Economic Outlook 2006. For the oil importers, moreover, inflation is moving to double-digit levels. Budget deficits in...
Africans Need not Miss Out on the Benefits of Globalisation
Federico Bonaglia, Nicolas Pinaud et Lucia Wegner
01 Apr 2007
Strong commodity prices are driving Africa’s growth, which should be about 6 % in 2007 and 2008. External vulnerability is a function of its limited integration into international trade and investment flows. Africa should mobilise external sources...
Forgive Debt, but Keep Lending
Daniel Cohen, Pierre Jacquet et Helmut Reisen
01 Apr 2007
Cancelling of poor-country debt does not mean that the best way to give aid is through grants only. Aid through loans may often prove superior, provided that it maintains debt sustainability. A new scheme for soft loans is suggested, with higher...
Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation in Africa
Céline Kauffmann
01 Apr 2007
Africa is unlikely to reach the drinking water and sanitation Millennium Development Goals. Disparities among countries are large, and the deficit in sanitation is greater than that for drinking water. Serious reforms in institutions, legal...
Facing Complexity in Development Finance
Felix Zimmermann et Denis Drechsler
01 Apr 2007
Despite growing aid volumes, financing development is becoming more difficult, not less. Better information on private finance flows will help developing-country governments craft more effective policies. Without stronger government leadership,...