Policy pointers

A US backgrounder examining how reduced economic growth in India and China could reverse poverty alleviation efforts and even push more people into poverty

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-11-25

Financial Globalization and Economic Policies

IZA

An 84-page review of the extensive literature dealing with various economic policies that could help developing economies effectively manage the process of financial globalization.

International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2009-03-18

Financial Globalization in Emerging Economies: Much Ado About Nothing?

Brookings

This 47-page US paper focuses on financial globalization (FG) from an empirical perspective, building on, updating, and specializing the existing literature to characterize the evolution and implications of FG in emerging economies

Globalisation & International Trade, International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-06-09

Financing Africa Through the Crisis and Beyond

World Bank

This 308-page book takes stock of Africa's financial systems in light of recent changes in the global financial system. It addresses risk aversion of international investors, a shift in economic and financial powers towards emerging markets, the regulatory reform debate, and the increasing role of technology

International Development, RegionalPosted: 2011-09-22

Financing Development: What Are the Challenges in Expanding Aid Flows?

French Development Agency

Papers presented at the 3rd AFD/EUDN conference on meeting the challenges to expanding aid flows (single page, linking to each page)

International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-01-09

Financing REDD: How Government Funds Can Work with the Carbon Market

IIED

A 4-page UK briefing paper examining whether a combined funding approach to REDD is feasible

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-03-31

Fiscal Impact of Aid: A Survey of Issues and Synthesis of Country Studies of Malawi, Uganda and Zambia

Overseas Development Institute

A 52-page working paper reviewing the literature on aid effectiveness and absorption of aid into the economies of recipient countries, with a summary of the conclusions of 3 African case studies

International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-11-20

Five Debates on International Development: The US Perspective

Overseas Development Institute

Transcript of a speech challenging the international consensus on aid effectiveness and aid instruments

International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-03-06

Fixing Famine: How Technologies & Incentives Can Help Feed Africa

IPN

A 20-page UK study about technologies that can improve food security and the wellbeing of smallholder farmers, based on field work in Malawi and Kenya

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-12-01

Fixing Global Nutrition Institutions

CGD

This 29-page US essay shows why nutrition is too often a low priority for rich-world donors and even for governments in the most affected countries, and offers two practical suggestions for improvement

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-08-17

Fixing Health Systems

International Development Research Centre

A 126-page book providing a case history of how mortality reductions were achieved in Tanzania by a sharper focusing of resources to local needs

International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-10-29

Flood Disasters: Learning from Previous Relief and Recovery Operations

ALNAP, Prevention Consortium

This 16-page report offers key lessons from evaluations of past responses to flooding

Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-01-25

Food and Financial Crises: Implications for Agriculture and the Poor

IFPRI

This paper on the food crisis in developing countries argues that synchronized response is needed to ease the burden on the poor and allow agriculture to face new challenges and respond to new opportunities.

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-12-04

Food Safety and Agricultural Health Requirements: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Country Exports

World Bank

This 166-page report discusses the implications of rising health and food safety standards for exporting developing countries

International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2005-02-08

Food Security and the Millennium Development Goal on Hunger in Asia

Overseas Development Institute

This 60-page working paper overviews food security issues in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, China, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam

International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-01-29

Food Security in an Era of Economic Volatility

"Population and Development Review"

A 32-page US article considering the state of food insecurity, the nature of price variability, and the appropriate strategies for international agricultural development

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-01-06

Food Security in North Korea: Designing Realistic Possibilities

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

This 29-page US paper outlines a strategy for agricultural revitalization in North Korea

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-03-27

Food, Nutrition and HIV: What Next?

ODI

A 4-page briefing paper exploring issues relating to the ability of food and nutritional security to mitigate the effects of HIV/AIDS

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-09-11

Foreign Assistance

GAO

A 110-page report identifying the challenges to the efficiency and effectiveness of US food aid

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-04-21

Foreign Assistance

GAO

A 42-page House testimony on an enquiry into the efficiency of US food aid

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-03-22

Foreign Assistance

GAO

A 21-page US testimony on the challenges limiting the effectiveness and efficiency of US food aid

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2007-05-29

Foreign Assistance Reform: Successes, Failures and Next Steps

Brookings Institution

A testimony proposing reforms in US foreign assistance

International Development, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2007-06-25

Foreign Assistance: An Agenda for Reform

Dept. of State - US

A speech by the US Aid administrator announcing a strategy for revitalizing the US's foreign aid apparatus

International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-02-08

Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standards?

Institute for the Study of Labor

This 66-page discussion paper examines the extent to which the efficiency of firms in Russia and the Czech Republic has converged with world standards

Economic Policy, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-01-11

Foresight Africa: Top Priorities for the Continent in 2012

Brookings

This 44-page US report outlines the top priorities for Africa in 2012 and beyond

International Development, RegionalPosted: 2012-01-09

Fracture Points in Social Policies for Chronic Poverty Reduction

Overseas Development Institute

A 52-page working paper examining the fracture points (areas of weakness and failure) in social policy formation, finding that this failure is particularly acute for the chronically poor, marginalised and vulnerable

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-11-20

Fragile States and the International Response: In Pursuit of Security or Development?

Egmont

This 4-page Belgian policy brief explores the meaning of the concept of fragile states and considers the attention that is being paid to it as a consequence of integrating security and development into the policy of the major donor countries

International Development, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2009-10-03

Freedom, Prosperity, and Security: The G8 Partnership with Africa: Sea Island 2004 and Beyond

Council on Foreign Relations

A 44-page report designed to maintain the focus of the G8 states on the critical nature of Africa's needs

International Development, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2004-06-11

From Bound Duties to Actual Protection: Industrial Liberalisation in the Doha Round

ENEPRI

A 51-page working paper offering a CGE assessment of the effects of a multilateral liberalisation of market access for non-agricultural products

Globalisation & International Trade, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-12-08

From Conflict to Regional Stability: Linking Security and Development

DGAP

This report contains the papers presented at the 10th New Faces Conference, held to offer perspectives for better integrating development and security policy in the world's regions

Defence, Terrorism & Security, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-03-15

From Innovation to Impact: Next Steps for the Millennium Challenge Corporation

CGD

This 13-page US paper highlights a specific set of reforms that the MCC can implement moving forward to fulfill its core mandate. The proposed reforms are aimed at enabling the MCC to accelerate and bolster the effectiveness of compacts, while at the same time paving the way for sustained results well into the future

International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-01-20

From Promises to Action in Kenya: How to Make Democracy Work

CIPE

A 9-page article on improving democratic government in Kenya

Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-06-05

From Recession to Slump: Crisis or Opportunity?

ORG

A 4-page UK briefing offering an assessment of the economic downturn and its impact on poorer communities

International Development, Economic PolicyPosted: 2009-03-30

From Unpaid to Paid Care Work: The Macroeconomic Implications of HIV and AIDS on Women's Time-tax Burdens

Levy Economics Institute

This 32-page US working paper considers public employment guarantee programs in the context of South Africa as a means to address the nexus of poverty, unemployment, and unpaid work burdens—all factors exacerbated by HIV/AIDS

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-08-04

Frontiers in Development Policy

World Bank

This 312-page book is a primer that examines interlinkages in various parts of the economy and the need for practical policy making to reach development goals in a globalized world of instabilities and complexities

International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-09-22

Funding the Millennium Development Goals

Economic and Social Research Institute

A 21-page lecture on the funding needs to achieve the millennium development goals, and possible sources, including a proposal for global taxation

International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-03-31

Furthering Democracy through the European Union’s Development Policy: Legal Limitations and Possibilities

DIIS

This Danish paper argues that the European Union should take a much more consistent approach in its external relations as required under the Lisbon Treaty. In this way it will be possible to further democracy outside the European Union much more efficiently

European Union, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-05-16

G8 Africa Action Plan: Enhance Strategies for Development

Brookings

This US article argues that the G8's proposed innovations for development funding do not go far enough and suggests alternative strategies to make the G8 Africa Action Plan more effective in meeting the development goals

International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-07-06

GATS: Domestic Regulations versus Market Access

ICRIER

This 58-page Indian research paper highlights the dilemmas faced by developing countries in balancing market access rights with the need to regulate service providers

Globalisation & International Trade, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-07-02

Gender and Development: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Action

International Food Policy Research Institute

This 4-page brief discusses the relevance of gender considerations on the utilization of resources in development.

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-03-17

Gender Equality and Development

World Bank

This 458-page report argues that gender equality is a core development objective in its own right. Further, that it is also smart economics

International Development, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-10-04

Generation of Political Priority for Global Health Initiatives: A Framework and Case Study of Maternal Mortality

CGD

This 32-page US paper investigates why some global health initiatives receive priority over others

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-10-17

Generous Gestures: What is the Point of G8 Debt Cancellation?

German Institute for International and Security Affairs

This 4-page German commentary queries the likely efficacy of G8 Debt Reduction

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2005-08-25

Generous Gestures: What is the Point of G8 Debt Collection?

German Institute for International and Security Affairs

A 4-page German commentary arguing that debt cancellation fails to affect any of the root causes of third world poverty

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-07-24

George Bush's Foreign Aid: Transformation or Chaos?

CGD

This 136-page study analyzes the dramatic changes in foreign aid during the Bush Administration

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2008-05-26

Getting to the Bottom of "Bottom-up" Approaches

Brookings Instiution

This article advocates research to scrutinise the social and developmental impact of social enterprises in developing countries

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2006-11-07

Ghana's Transformation

IPRI

A first-person account of John Kufuor's years as president, describing some of his administration’s most successful projects, especially those related to agriculture

International Development, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2011-05-17

Girls Count

CGD

This 97-page report describes why and how to provide adolescent girls in developing countries with a full and equal chance in life

International Development, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2008-01-15

Giving Money Away? The Politics of Direct Distribution in Resource Rich States

CGD

This 25-page US working paper discusses the political feasibility and political implications of direct cash transfers to citizens in the specific context of resource-rich states

International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-11-09

Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

World Bank

This 552-page book summarizes the concepts and estimates of the burden of disease and the attribution of this burden to several key risk factors (single page linking to each chapter)

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-04-11

Global Corporate Citizenship: The New Era of Opportunity

CIPE

An 8-page article arging for a greater contribution by private enterprise into relieving poverty

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-05-25

Global Corruption Report 2009

Transparency International

This 496-page report documents in unique detail the many corruption risks for businesses, ranging from small entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa to multinationals from Europe and North America. It also discusses the most promising tools to tackle corruption in business, identifi es pressing areas for reform and outlines how companies, governments, investors, consumers and other stakeholders can contribute to raising corporate integrity and meeting the challenges that corruption poses to sustainable economic growth and development

Corruption, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-10-19

Global Development Finance 2004 - Harnessing Cyclical Gains for Development

World Bank

This 248-page report reviews recent trends and prospects for financial flows to developing countries

International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-05-17

Global Development Finance 2005: Mobilizing Finance and Managing Vulnerability

World Bank

This 171-page annual review reports on global economic performance in 2004, financial flows to developing countries, and the challenges to those flows

International Development, Economic PolicyPosted: 2005-04-11

Global Development Finance Report 2006

World Bank

This 221-page report reviews and analyses flows in development finance during 2005

International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-06-05

Global Development Under Pressure

Brookings

This 48-page US meeting report discusses the state of global development cooperation, opportunities presented by international platforms for policy dialogue, the lessons of the Arab Spring, U.S. development policy reforms and the challenges of effective communications

International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-11-14

Global Development: Views from the Center

CGDev

An article listing 10 actionable ideas for a 21st century global development agenda

International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-03-03

Global Economic Crisis

GSDRC

This 59-page UK report pulls together the key findings from a series of recent research reports which explore the potential impacts of the current economic crisis on developing countries

International Development, Economic PolicyPosted: 2009-05-18

Global Economic Prospects 2008: Technology Diffusion in the Developing World

World Bank

This 224-page report examines technology diffusion in the developing world

International Development, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2008-01-14

Global Economic Prospects 2009: Commodities at the Crossroads

World Bank

This 196-page report on prospects for the global economy says that, along with the deepening crisis, commodity prices have plummeted, ending an historic five year boom. But the report, says the worst should be over by 2010 when growth is projected to pick up in developing countries

Economic Policy, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-12-16

Global Economic Prospects: The Economic Implications of Remittances and Migration

World Bank

This 182-page report deals with the size and importance of remittances by migrants from developing countries

Immigration & Refugees, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-11-21

Global Food Crisies: Monitoring and Assessing Impact

IFPRI

This 52-page study describes the data and methods needed by policymakers to understand and respond to the effects of a global food crisis on a country

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-09-25

Global Governance for Sustainable Development: The Need for Policy Coherence and New Partnerships

EADI

The 48-page report of a conference held to discuss aspects of global governance for sustainable development

International Development, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2008-12-09

Global Governance for Sustainable Development: The Need for Policy Coherence and New Partnerships

EADI

The 48-page report of a conference held to discuss issus concerning the global governance of sustainable development

International Development, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2008-12-09

Global Health and Global Governance: Prioritizing Health Within the Framework of the Millennium Development Goals

Brookings Institution

This 11-page paper offers proposals for dealing with the critical state of global health conditions

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-01-17

Global Health Partnerships: The UK Contribution to Health in Developing countries

Department of Health - UK

This 180-page report describes how UK experience and expertise in health could be used to best effect to help improve health in developing countries

International Development, HealthPosted: 2007-02-20

Global Health: Making Partnerships Work

ODI

A 4-page UK briefing paper setting out an agenda to improve the effectiveness of global public/private health partnerships

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-02-07

Global Health: U.S. AIDS Coordinator Addressing Some Key Challenges to Expanding Treatment, but Others Remain

U.S. Government Accountability Office

An 86-page U.S. study of major challenges to U.S. efforts to expand ARV treatment in resource-poor settings and the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator's response to those challenges

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-07-23

Global Imbalances, the U.S. Dollar, and How the Crisis at the Core of Global Finance Spread to “Self-insuring” Emerging Market Economies

Levy Economics Institute

This US working paper investigates the spread of what started as a crisis at the core of the global financial system to emerging economies

Economic Policy, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-04-22

Global Immunization: Status, Progress, Challenges and Future

BMC

An 11-page paper briefly reviewing global progress and challenges with respect to public vaccination programmes

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-10-31

Global Malarial Control: U.S. and Multinational Investments and Implementation Challenges

U.S. Government Accountability Office

This 57-page correspondence reports on an investigation into U.S. investments in national malaria control programmes, describing key challenges to the implementation of such programmes and strategies for addressing those challenges

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-11-21

Global Monitoring Report 2005: From Consensus to Momentum

World Bank and IMF

Report on progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals on poverty, disease and illiteracy (single page linking to all sections of the report)

International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-04-20

Global Monitoring Report 2012: Food Prices, Nutrition, and the Millennium Development Goals

World Bank

This 188-page report examines summarizes the impacts of food prices on several MDGs; reviews policy responses; and outlines future prospects

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-04-24

Global Poverty and Global Development: Is the United States Doing Its Part?

Brookings Institution

A 46-page (uncorrected) transcript of an event held to examine how well the U.S. is contributing to global goals in poverty reduction and development

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-04-26

Global Poverty: Goals and Realities

One World US

This U.S. article offers an overview of global poverty and aid efforts

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-08-24

Global Trade Talks: The Doha Disaster

Brooking Institution

A US commentary on the status of the Doha Round

Globalisation & International Trade, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-08-02

Global Tuberculosos Control: Surveillance, Planning, Financing

WHO

This 227-page 2007 report assesses the effectiveness of national TB control programmes worldwide

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-03-23

Global Warming and Agriculture

CGDev

A 4-page brief exploring the implications of global warming for world agriculture, with special attention to developing countries

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-10-10

Globalization and Employment: Imported Skill-Biases Technological Change in Developing Countries

IZA

A 41-page discussion paper measuring technology transfer at the sector level from high income countries to low and middle income countries

International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2007-05-29

Globalization and Informal Jobs in Developing Countries

ILO, WTO

This study discusses how trade reform affects different aspects of the informal economy in developing countries

International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2009-10-15

Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets

IZA

A 43-page discussion paper examining the effects of globalization on innovation in emerging market economies

Globalisation & International Trade, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-02-07

Going Down With the Dollar: The Cost to Developing Countries of a Declining Dollar

Center for Economic and Policy Research

Article warning that developing countries with large dollar reserves should expect substantial losses over the next decade

International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-10-12

Good and Bad News on Global Development

CIS MIT

A US essay comparing the performance of economic development and development policy

International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-05-06

Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism: What Is a Market Economy and How Can It Deliver?

CIPE

This 5-page US article examines different kinds of capitalism

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2010-02-04

Good Intentions and Bad Consequences: How Overregulation Impedes Uzbekistan

Center for International Private Enterprise

This 6-page analysis argues that the Uzbek government's attempts to shrink its informal economy have backfired, due to poor legislation and overregulation

International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-02-10

Governance - Made in Africa

European Policy Centre

This 44-page issue paper examines the EU's contribution to Africa and urges the Union to play a greater role in supporting regional integration, development and good governance

International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-08-24

Governance and Aid Effectiveness: Has the White Paper Got it Right?

Overseas Development Institute

A 2-page opinion on the importance of governance in improving aid effectiveness

International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-08-02

Governance and Citizenship from Below: Views of Poor and Excluded groups and Their Vision for a New Nepal

ODI

This 51-page report is the first community level participatory research endeavour with poor and excluded groups in Nepal since the peace process. It focuses on grassroots experiences and understandings of governance and citizenship, and the implications thereof for state building in post-conflict Nepal

International Development, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2009-06-05

Governance Matters IV: Governance Indicators for 1996-2004

World Bank

A 61-page report providing a set of worldwide governance indicators covering 209 countries.

Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-05-19

Governance Matters, 2007: Worldwide Governance Indicators 1996-2006

World Bank

This 94-page updated study measures progress in improving governance and fighting corruption

Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-07-17

Governing the Gift of Nature

BICC

A 29-page German concept paper examining the links between governance, conflict and natural resources in developing countries

International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-03-12

Greater Aid Transparency: Crucial for Aid Effectiveness

ODI

This 4-page UK brief sets out and explores the link between donor aid and recipient country budgets, and the role greater transparency about aid can play in improving budget transparency, the quality of budgetary decisions, and accountability systems

International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-01-25

Green China: Chinese insights on Environment and Development

International Institute for Environment and Development

This 286-page book explores the magnitude of China’s environmental challenges, and introduces the perspectives of leading Chinese thinkers working on cutting edge environment and development issues

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-04-13

Growing Up Global: The Changing Transition to Adulthood in Developing Countries

National Academy of Sciences

A 574-page book reporting on the condition of young people entering alolescence in developing countries. Uncorrected, pre-publication edition. Single page with links to all chapters

Families, Children & Youth, International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-12-17

Growth and Development in Emerging Markets and Other Developing Countries

World Bank

This 37-page report highlights links between global growth, rebalancing, and development in an increasingly multipolar world economy

International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-11-16

Growth and Equity in Fragile States

Clingendael

This 33-page Dutch study takes a long-term perspective on economic development in fragile countries to discuss structural causes of fragility

Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-05-05