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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 22 | 01 May 2006 |
African Economic Outlook 2006
Africa’s economic progress now seems on a firm footing after a third straight year of satisfactory performance in 2005, with overall growth of 5 per cent, average per capita income up 3 per cent and inflation steady at under 10 per cent. Two-thirds... |
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No. 21 | 01 May 2006 |
Is More Money Enough to Fix Africa's Transport Infrastructure?
Transport infrastructure has been dangerously neglected in recent times. Lack of transport infrastructure impedes economic integration and poverty reduction. Involving the private sector in financing the transport infrastructure is proving harder... |
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No. 20 | 01 May 2006 |
African Economic Outlook 2006
The focus on war and anecdotal evidence hides real progress towards more stable and open political systems in Africa. This is demonstrated by a new indicator based on a systematic screening of political events and decisions over the last ten years.... |
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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. 17 | 01 Apr 2006 |
Do Institutions Block Agricultural Development in Africa?
A coherent institutional framework that supports investment, exchange and representation mechanisms is a key precondition for agricultural development. The importance of customs and traditions for the process of agrarian transformation has been... |
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No. 16 | 01 Mar 2006 |
The Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base
This policy insight introduces the Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base: a new tool to determine and analyse obstacles to women's economic development. |
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No. 15 | 01 Nov 2005 |
Culture, Gender and Growth
While the overall picture for gender equality is still gloomy, recent changes in family institutions in come countries provide an enlightening example. |
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No. 14 | 01 Dec 2005 |
Privatisation
Thirty-eight sub-Saharan African countries have implemented privatisations programmes. The privatisation process is still far from complete and has led to mixed results. The lessons learned from past privatisations allow the identification of... |
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
African Economic Outlook 2006
Céline Kauffmann, Nicolas Pinaud et Lucia Wegner
01 May 2006
Africa’s economic progress now seems on a firm footing after a third straight year of satisfactory performance in 2005, with overall growth of 5 per cent, average per capita income up 3 per cent and inflation steady at under 10 per cent. Two-thirds...
Is More Money Enough to Fix Africa's Transport Infrastructure?
Andrea Goldstein et Céline Kauffmann
01 May 2006
Transport infrastructure has been dangerously neglected in recent times. Lack of transport infrastructure impedes economic integration and poverty reduction. Involving the private sector in financing the transport infrastructure is proving harder...
African Economic Outlook 2006
Lucia Wegner et Henri-Bernard Solignac Lecomte
01 May 2006
The focus on war and anecdotal evidence hides real progress towards more stable and open political systems in Africa. This is demonstrated by a new indicator based on a systematic screening of political events and decisions over the last ten years....
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...
Do Institutions Block Agricultural Development in Africa?
Juan Ramón de Laiglesia
01 Apr 2006
A coherent institutional framework that supports investment, exchange and representation mechanisms is a key precondition for agricultural development. The importance of customs and traditions for the process of agrarian transformation has been...
The Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base
Johannes Jütting, Christian Morrisson, Jeff Dayton-Johnson et Denis Drechsler
01 Mar 2006
This policy insight introduces the Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base: a new tool to determine and analyse obstacles to women's economic development.
Culture, Gender and Growth
Johannes Jütting et Christian Morrisson
01 Nov 2005
While the overall picture for gender equality is still gloomy, recent changes in family institutions in come countries provide an enlightening example.
Privatisation
Lucia Wegner
01 Dec 2005
Thirty-eight sub-Saharan African countries have implemented privatisations programmes. The privatisation process is still far from complete and has led to mixed results. The lessons learned from past privatisations allow the identification of...