Policy pointers

This 7-page US policy outlook reports on the growth of Chinese influence in Africa, and questions whether this new relationship could be damaging to Africa's politics, environments and debt loads

International Development, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2006-12-22

Believe in the Poor: The Future of Microfinance

CIPE

A 6-page interview discussing the achievements of an Ecuadorean bank that has proved that providing credit to the poor can be both profitable and an effective tool to reduce poverty

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2006-08-21

Benefits of Organic Agriculture as a Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Strategy for Developing Countries

RFF

This 19-page US discussion paper is a short review of organic agriculture as an adaptation strategy to climate change and variability

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-04-29

Better (RED) tm Than Dead: "Brand Aid", Celebrities and the New Frontiers of Development Assistance

DIIS

A 33-page Danish working paper examining the rise of compassionate consumption in development aid

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2006-09-19

Better Aid: Responding to Gaps in Effectiveness

The Brookings Institution

This 8-page US policy brief uses a two-pronged approach so that aid architecture can be strengthened, gaps filled, flows coordinated, and development sustainable and effective—ultimately making aid better

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2008-12-03

Better than Expected U.S. Support for Global Development

Brookings

A commentary describing the amount of funding allocated for U.S. development spending in 2012 as a surprising achievement

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2012-01-09

Between Bureaucracy and the People: A Political History of Informality

DIIS

This 22-page Danish working paper explores the dialectic of formal and informal economy in the context of ‘development’ discourse over the last four decades.

Economic Policy, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-11-26

Between Ignorance and Intervention: Strategies and Dilemmas of External Actors in Fragile States

Development and Peace Foundation

A 12-page policy paper exploring aspects of external intervention in weak and failing states

Foreign Policy, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-04-06

Between Ignorance and Intervention: Strategies and Dilemmas of External Actors in Fragile States

Development and Peace Foundation

This 12-page policy paper examines the options for external actors in promoting failed or fragile states

International Development, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2005-05-04

Between Pockets of Efficiency and Elite Capture in Mozambique

DIIS

This 52-page Danish working paper synthesises the main findings from four case studies of productive sectors in Mozambique

International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-01-09

Beyond Boundaries in Eastern Africa: Bridging the Security/Development Divide With International Security Assistance

Stimson Center, Stanley Foundation

This report identifies links between sustainable development issues, and human security and capacity-building needs in Eastern Africa, and connects these needs with international security assistance supported under UN Security Council Resolutions 1373 and 1540

International Development, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2011-10-07

Beyond Emergency Relief for Haiti: The Challenge of Effective Development Assistance

Brookings

This US article considers the possible role of the international community in the reconstruction and development of Haiti in the short-to-medium term

International Development, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2010-01-25

Beyond Forestry: Why Agriculture is Key to the Success of REDD+

iied

This 4-page brief explains how, in regard to deforestation, the task of reconciling climate anddevelopment goals poses a daunting challenge

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-02-02

Beyond Lending: How Multilateral Banks Can Help Developing Countries Manage Volatility

CGDEV

This US book argues that multilateral development banks (MDBs) should move beyond lending to provide innovative risk-management tools for developing countries to manage volatility and create long-term stability (single page, linking to each chapter)

International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-05-18

Beyond Planning: Markets and Networks for Better Aid

CGD

A 45-page US working paper arguing that a considered combination of market mechanisms, networked collaboration, and collective regulation would be more likely to lead to significant improvements in the utilization of aid than reliance on a planning paradigm

International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-10-19

Beyond Population: Everyone Counts in Development

CGD

This 42-page US paper reviews important demographic trends expected to occur between 2010 and 2050, indicates some of their implications for economic and global development, and suggests some possible policies to respond these trends and implications

International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-08-03

Beyond Subsidies: Triggering a Revolution in Rural Sanitation

IDS

This 4-page UK policy briefing asks how can we maximise the huge potential for transforming rural sanitation in developing countries

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-07-22

Beyond the ABCs: Higher Education and Developing Countries

CGD

This 109-page working paper examines higher education in developing countries and its effects

Education, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-02-08

Bilateral and EU Development Cooperation: Delivering More and Better Aid

Clingendael

This 18-page Dutch overview paper examining how development cooperation efforts should be shared between the EU and member states

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2008-11-09

Biodiversity for the Millennium Development Goals: What Local Organisations Can Do

IIED

This 4-page briefing examines how community-led conservation efforts can contribute to a reduction in biodiversity loss

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-03-27

Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in South Africa

DIIS

A series of working papers presented at a Danish workshop on black economic empowerment in South Africa (single page linking to each paper)

International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-11-01

Blair, Brown and the Gleneagles Agenda: Making Poverty History or Confronting the Global Politics of Unequal Development?

Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies

A 39-page Australian working paper arguing that the global politics of development are driven by complex global politics of unequal development

International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-05-22

Bolivia on the Brink

CFR

A 56-page US report addressing the ongoing social, political and economic challenges facing Bolivia

Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-02-23

Border Industry in Myanmar: Turning the Periphery into the Center of Growth

IDE

A 34-page Japanese discussion paper proposing a solution to Myanmar's undeveloped infrastructure

International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-10-18

Brain Strain: Optimising Highly Skilled Migration from Developing Countries

Institute for Public Policy Research

This 43-page report examines the phenomenon of skilled migration from developing countries and urges a policy of optimisation to ensure that there is a net benefit to those countries

Immigration & Refugees, International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-08-24

Brave New World: A Literature Review of Emerging Donors and the Changing Nature of Foreign Assistance

CGD

This 30-page US working paper investigates the scale and scope of emerging donors, many of which are developing economies themselves

International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-11-26

Bridging the Transatlantic Climate Divide

Globus Institute for Globalisation and Sustainable Development

This 49-page Dutch paper proposes a model to measure changes in U.S. and European attitudes to coping with climate change

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-12-10

Bringing Non-Governmental Actors into the Policymaking Process: The Case of Local Development Policy in Thailand

Institute of Developing Economies

A 29-page Japanese discussion paper describing how the Thai government, local people and NGOs have interacted to create a more participatory system of local development administration

International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-08-16

Budget Support Lessons from Post-conflict Support to Mozambique

DIIS

This Danish policy brief revisits the main lessons from support to Mozambique during its post-conflict reconstruction phase

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-04-14

Budget Support Lessons from Post-conflict Support to Mozambique

DIIS

This Danish policy brief revisits the main lessons from support to Mozambique during its post-conflict reconstruction phase

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-05-22

Building an Open and Inclusive Regional Architecture for Asia

CSIS, Stanley Foundation

A 12-page US report presenting an overview of the history of Asia Pacific regionalism, and exploring its future

Foreign Policy, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-03-21

Building Civil Servant Capacity in South Sudan

DIIS

This 4-page Danish policy brief recaps on some main tenets of IGAD initiative and presents a number of policy recommendations

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-10-11

Building on Successes in African Agriculture

International Food Policy Research Institute

A 20-page report presenting case histories of successful attempts to improve agricultural productivity in Africa

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2004-03-31

Burning Issues for Haiti’s Recovery

Brookings

An 8-page US overview of some of the burning issues in the recovery effort both in Haiti and the US

Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-09-18

Burundi: Ensuring Credible Elections

Crisis Group

This report examines the rise in tensions before communal, presidential, legislative and additional local elections that are to be conducted separately between May and September in Burundi (executive summary and recommendations only)

Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-03-04

Cambodia Blazes a New Path to Economic Growth and Job Creation

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

A 24-page paper describing a policy experiment in Cambodia that demonstrates how trade agreements can create jobs and improve working conditions, pay and labour rights

International Development, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-10-12

Can Aid Work? Thinking About Development Strategy

C. D. Howe Institute

A 40-page Canadian study giving an overview of recent policy ideas for improving the effectiveness of development aid and a series of recommendations for making Canadian aid programmes more effective

International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-04-20

Can the Doha Development Agenda Deliver for Least-Developed Countries?

IFPRI

This 8-page brief argues that the benefits least-developed countries (LDCs) can draw from a multilateral trade reform as designed by the modalities made public in May 2008 are negligible, and claims that some countries will even face adverse effects. It urges World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiators to make a supplementary effort in favor of the poorest countries.

International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-11-21

Can Tourism Offer Pro-Poor Pathways to Prosperity?

ODI

This 4-page UK briefing paper examines the evidence on the impact of tourism on poverty

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-07-31

Can Young Children's Nutritional Needs be Met with a Combination of Fortified Blended Foods and Local Foods?

International Food Policy Research Institute

A 2-page summary of research in Haiti

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-04-17

Canada in Afghanistan: Assessing the 3-D Approach

Institute for Research on Public Policy

A 17-page report of a conference held to assess the impact of Canada's contribution to reconstruction in Afghanistan

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-08-07

Capacity for Change: Reforming U.S. Assistance Efforts in Poor and Fragile Countries

Brookings

This 62-page report describes the context for reforming US aid and examines the key issues for decision by policymakers in an effort to inform a coherent and effective national approach to both stabilization and broader developmen

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2010-04-11

Capital Controls and Monetary Policy in Developing Countries

CEPR

This US paper looks at both the theoretical and empirical literature on capital controls and finds that capital controls can play an important role in developing countries by helping to insulate them from some of the harmful effects of volatile and short-term capital flows

International Development, Economic PolicyPosted: 2010-05-03

Cargo Cult in Africa: Remittances and the State in Tanzania

DIIS

This 23-page Danish working paper explores the current celebration of remittances in Tanzania as a magic bullet for the creation of development and economic growth

International Development, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2010-07-01

Cash On Delivery Aid for Health: What Indicators Would Work Best?

CGD

This 45-page US working paper assesses the challenges of applying COD Aid in the health sector

International Development, HealthPosted: 2012-02-29

Caught in the Global Hurricane: Debating the Caribbean’s Development Challenges in an Uncertain World

Brookings et al.

The report of a US conference held to consider the well-being of the Caribbean region

International Development, RegionalPosted: 2010-05-17

Central African Republic: Keeping the Dialogue Alive

Crisis Group

This 24-page policy briefing argues that if the government of the Central African Republic (CAR) fails to re-engage with the opposition on upcoming elections and negotiate with remaining rebels, its fragile peace process will be at serious risk

Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-01-16

Central Asia: Governance, Geopolitics and Development Challenges

ODI

A 4-page UK briefing paper urging Europe to become more engaged in the developmet of Central Asia

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2007-07-20

Challenges to Japanese ODA

JIIA

A Japanese commentary on the priorities for Japanese overseas development aid

International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-02-18

Change the Pattern of Aid to Afghanistan

IDSA

An Indian commentary proposing improvements to Afghanistan aid policies

Defence, Terrorism & Security, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-07-19

Changing Aid Delivery and the Environment

ODI

A 4-page UK briefing paper examining how environmental objectives are pursued when aid delevery mechanisms are in flux

International Development, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-04-06

Changing Trends in Global Power and Conflict Resolution: Fragile States

IISS

A keynote conference speech focusing on the challenges to development posed by fragile states

International Development, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2008-09-23

Channels for Change: Private Water and the Urban Poor

IIED

A 4-page UK briefing paper offering examples of innovative ‘private’ water suppliers in which elements of these models are replicable

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-05-23

Chasing the Tigers: Can Fragile States Copy the Asian Miracle?

FRIDE

This 32-page Spanish report, based on a seminar of experts from four continents held in Madrid, asks what lessons can be salvaged from the developmental state for today’s poor and fragmented nations

Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-07-17

China as an Emerging Donor in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan

IFRI

This 29-page French paper discusses the characteristics of Chinese assistance to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, comparing its activities and policies in Central Asia with those in Africa, and draws conclusions about the implications of such growing engagement

International Development, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2009-01-27

China in Africa: A Macroeconomic Perspective

CGDev

This 32-page US working paper offers practical suggestions to assist the Chinese government to consider the macroeconomic effects of its burgeoning engagement in Africa

International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-11-17

China's Western Development Strategy: Issues and Prospects

IDE-JETRO

A Japanese study of China's plans for the development of its Western Region (single page linking to each chapter)

International Development, Economic PolicyPosted: 2007-01-18

Chronic Diseases (series)

"The Lancet"

A series of four articles highlighting the prevalence of chronic diseases globally, and in poorer countries especially (one page linking to all four articles)

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-10-12

Chronicle of a Bust Foretold

Center for International Private Enterprise

This 5-page article describes the prerequisites for sustained growth in Latin America

Economic Policy, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-08-01

Civil Society Perspectives on the TB Policy in Bangladesh, Brazil, Nigeria, Tanzania and Thailand

OSI

A 296-page report examining the importance of community participation ansd public awareness in efforts to control the spread of TB

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-12-08

Climate Change and Vulnerable Societies

Brookings

A US House testimony on America’s critical role in supporting climate change adaptation in the world’s most vulnerable communities

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-07-26

Climate Change Financing for Developing Countries: Issues and Implication

KIEP

This Korean paper explores the development and climate change issues in terms of assistance to developing countries

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-12-14

Climate Finance in Indonesia: Lessons for the Future of Public Finance for Climate Change Mitigation

EDC

This 55-page working paper studies how financing to address climate change be delivered to countries and within countries in the most effective way

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-02-28

Close to Home: The Developmental Impact of Remittances in Latin America

World Bank

An 89-page report examining the developmental impact of remittances by migrant workers to Latin America

International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-11-06

Closing the Deal: IMF Reform in 2007

ODI

This 4-page UK briefing paper examines the risks and opportunities associated with completing an IMF deal before the end of 2007

International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-11-05

Closing the Deal: IMF Reform in 2007

ODI

A 5-page UK briefing paper stressing the urgency of the need to reform the IMF

International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-10-18

Closing the Sovereignty Gap: An Approach to State-Building

Overseas Development Institute

This 20-page working paper develops the view that building effective and capable states is the only sustainable way to bring about social stability, create wealth and reduce poverty

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2005-09-06

Collateral Damage or Calculated Default? The Millennium Development Goals and the Politics of Globalisation

Institute of Social Studies

This 27-page inaugural lecture is a comprehensive overview of the Millennium Development Goals and the global economic context within which they exist

International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2004-02-18

Collective Action and Property Rights for Sustainable Development

International Food Policy Research Management

A 36-page paper of 16 briefs showing how collective action and property rights arrangements can promote sustainable, pro-poor natural resource management

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2004-02-28

Combating Dangerous Medicines: Differences in Quality of Medicines sold by Small Pharmacies and Large Chain Pharmacies

AEI

A 5-page US paper investigating the possibility that smaller, often privately-owned, pharmacies in developing countries take greater risks with drug procurement than larger organizations

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-02-24

Combating Illicit Financial Flows from Poor Countries. Estimating the Possible Gains

DIIS

A 4-page Danish policy brief arguing that if the world’s developed countries put their act together to combat such illicit financial flows, the costs of meeting the Millennium Goals could be financed by developing countries themselves

International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-11-13

Combatting Corruption in the Multilateral Development Banks

Institute of International Economics

Testimony to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee calling for further vigilance, transparency and accountability within the World Bank Group

Corruption, International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-08-24

Commercial Security and Development

BICC

This 80-page brief presents findings from Timor-Leste, Liberia and Peru on the relationship between commercial security and development

International Development, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2012-02-24

Commodity Terms of Trade: The History of Booms and Busts

WTO

An article demonstrating how commodity prices affect the macroeconomic performance of commodity-exporting countries

Globalisation & International Trade, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-07-13

Community Management of Natural Resources in Africa: Impacts, Experiences and Future Directions

IIED

This 171-page review provides an unprecedented pan-African synthesis of CBNRM, drawing on multiple authors and a wide range of documented experiences from Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Africa

International Development, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-10-28

Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change: An Update

iied

This 4-page UK briefing reassesses the role of community-based adaptation (CBA) in building resilience to climate change in poor communities

International Development, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-06-04

Comparing Food and Cash Transfers to the Ultra-Poor in Bangladesh

IFPRI

This 215-page study evaluates the relative impacts of food and cash transfers on food security and livelihood outcomes among the ultra poor in Bangladesh

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-04-07

Comparing the Palm Oil Industry in Malaysia and Ghana

DIIS

This 43-page Danish paper explores what can be learned about the development of a productive sector and the factors that affect the process of upgrading and innovation, through a comparative assessment of the experiences of Malaysia and Ghana in the palm oil sector

International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-03-01

Conditional Cash Transfers : Reducing Present and Future Poverty

World Bank

A 384-page report showing that there is good evidence that conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have improved the lives of poor people

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-07-29

Conditionality in Development Aid Policy

German Institute for International and Security Affairs

A 27-page German research paper identifying the options for applying conditionality to development aid

International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-08-15

Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation in the Arab World

Berghof Research Center

An 18-page article tracing the work of civil society organisations in the Arab world

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-08-12

Conflictual Peacebuilding: Afghanistan Two Years After Bonn

International Peace Research Institute

This 87-page report examines aid policies pursued in Afghanistan since late-2001 and proposes guidelines for the policy agenda ahead

International Development, Disarmament & PeacekeepingPosted: 2004-03-02

Congo: Securing Peace, Sustaining Progress

CFR

This US paper analyzes the problems besetting the DRC and proposes some solutions

International Development, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2008-11-02

Congressional Testimony: China's Environmental Challenges

Council on Foreign Relations

Congressional testimony on the environmental challenges created by China's rapid economic development, how they might impact upon the U.S. and how the U.S. might assist China in meeting them

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-09-25

Constitutional Reform Processes and Political Parties: Principles for Practice

NIMD

This 60-page Dutch publication provides a set of guiding principles for constitutional reform based on practical experiences of constitutional reform processes in a number of countries

Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-04-30

Constraints to Economic Development and Growth in the Middle East and North Africa

GIGA

A 46-page German working paper attempting to identify the most significnt constraints on Arab Mediterranean economic development

International Development, RegionalPosted: 2008-10-01

Convergence, Divergence and Global Development

EADI

An address urging the reduction of inequality and divergence in international development

International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-12-18

Cooperating with China in Africa

DIIS

This 4-page Danish policy brief explores Western donor efforts to engage China on development in Africa

International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-03-23

Corporate Accountability to the Poor? Assessing the Effectiveness of Community-Based Strategies

Institute of Development Studies

A 65-page working paper investigating when and why community-based strategies are effective in promoting corporate accountability to the poor

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2004-10-29

Corruption Perceptions and Risks in Assistance: A Liberia Case Study

ODI

This 40-page background paper examines the risks of corruption associated with the delivery of humanitarian assistance in Liberia, and draws lessons for future operations

Corruption, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-05-07

Counting Carbon in the Marketplace – and at the Border

DIIS

A 4-page Danish policy brief explaining that developing countries need to prepare for the challenges that product carbon footprints (PCFs) pose

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-12-14

Creating Development-Friendly Rules of Origin in the EU

ODI

A 5-page briefing paper examining the European Commission's proposal for a radical change to its Rules of Origin, and its likely impact on developing countries

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2006-12-03

Crime, Poverty and Police Corruption

NUPI

A 45-page Norwegian working paper examining crime, poverty and police corruption in non-rich countries

Corruption, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-08-20

Criss-Crossing Globalization: Uphill Flows of Skill-Intensive Goods and Foreign Direct Investment

CGD

This 38-page working paper considers the developmental impact on source countries of uphill flows of skill-intensive goods and foreign direct investment

International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2009-08-12

Culture and Development: Does Culture Make a Difference?

AFD

Papers on the relationship between development and culture delivered at a conference in France (single page linking to each paper)

International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-01-09

Curbing the HIV Epidemic

Earth Policy Institute

An article outlining a strategy for curbing the HIV epidemic, with special reference to Africa

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-03-03