Policy pointers

International Development

The Impact of Crime on the Enterprise Sector: Transition versus Non-Transition Countries

EBRD

This 23-page working paper examines the impact of organised crime and street crime in the transition countries

Crime, Law & Order, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-08-09

Improving Governance and Public Financial Management through Budget Support: The Experience of the African Development Bank

ECDPM

This discussion paper describes the experience of the African Development Bank in using budget support as an aid delivery mechanism

International Development, RegionalPosted: 2010-04-26

The EU and Africa: The Policy Context for Development

ECDPM

This 36-page report explains the policy context, as well as the specific added value, funding and institutional aspects of the main frameworks for EU-Africa relations

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2010-12-16

An Adeuquate EU Response Strategy to Address Situations of Fragility and Difficult Environments

ECDPM

A 109-page report for the EU President on the issues facing the EU in dealing with failing states

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2007-09-07

Shaping the Future of Social Protection: Access, Finance and Solidarity

ECLAC

A 180-page report analyzing the latest initiatives in social programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-04-28

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

The Economic Impact of AIDS Treatment: Labor Supply in Western Kenya

Economic Growth Center

This 49-page paper estimates the economic impacts of antiretroviral treatment, using survey results from Kenya

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-01-10

The Food Problem and the Evolution of International Income Levels

Economic Growth Center

A 46-page discussion paper examining the effect of agricultural development on a country's overall development and growth

International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-01-10

Health Economics for Low-Income Countries

Economic Growth Center

This 79-page discussion paper reviews the literature on the returns to health improvements in low-income countries and how best to achieve these improvements

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-05-27

Toward the Enhanced Effectiveness of Foreign Aid

Economic Growth Center

A 20-page discussion paper examining the past record of aid and proposing a new modus operandi based on a more passive donor posture and greater initiative on the part of recipients

International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-08-09

Diversity of Communities and Economic Development

Economic Growth Center - Yale

This 20-page US discussion paper reviews the literature on the impact of ethnic diversity on economic development

International Development, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-09-23

The Evolution of Development Thinking: Theory and Policy

Economic Growth Center Yale University

A 40-page discussion paper tracing the course of development thinking and associated development policy over the past six decades

International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-07-22

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

International Climate Finance: Principles for European Support to Developing Countries

EDC

A 19-page working paper examining Europe’s approach to the provision of new finance in support of climate change actions in developing countries

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-04-26

European Development Cooperation in a Changing World: Rising Powers and Global Challenges after the Financial Crisis

EDC2020

This 40-page UK working paper addresses the significance for EU development cooperation of two large and important new actors in this field, China and India. More specifically, it considers these implications in the context of new challenges for development cooperation arising from global instabilities and the 2008-9 global financial crisis

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2010-11-27

In Need of Coherence: European Development Policies and the Global Economic Crisis

EDC2020

A 2-page opinion on the importance of Europe coordinating its development policies

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2009-05-13

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

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

What Scenario for the Future?

Eoropean Association of Development Research and Training Institutes

This 4-page briefing paper, first of a series in the project "European Development Cooperation to 2010", seeks to identify the main issues in the debate about European development cooperation during this decade.

International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-03-22

The ETI Code of Labour Practice: Do Workers Really Benefit?

ETI, IDS

A 63-page study of the impact of the Ethical Trade Initiative on worker benefits

International Development, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-11-09

Overcoming fragility in Africa - Forging a new European Approach

EU, EUI

This 219-page report focuses on the challenge facing fragile African countries in an unstable economic climate and they point to the disruptive effect of global economic slowing

International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-11-03

The European Union and the South: A New Era

European Assn. of Development Research and Training Institutes

20-page report of a conference for parliamentarians and experts from the 10 Acceding Countries to consider the responsibilities of an enlarged E.U. to developing countries

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2004-02-17

International Development and Foreign Policy

European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes

This 4-page briefing paper is the second in a series identifying the main issues in the debate about European development cooperation in this decade

International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-03-22

Revamping Development Efforts: An Assessment of Development Policy in the EU

European Policy Centre

A 39-page issue paper addressing the key development issues facing the EU

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2005-09-13

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

We Are at a Turning Point for the MDGs

Europe's World

An article arguing that it will demand a major effort and the leadership of the EU for the ill-effects of the global economic crisis on development to be reversed

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2010-10-08

Why We Need a Radical Re-think of Official Aid

Europe's World

This article charts the debate of recent years on reforming aid-giving and highlights the major problems to be resolved

International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-05-28

The Global Slump Makes a Fair Trade Revolution More Urgent Than Ever

Europe's World

This article argues for a radical reduction in the handicaps to export-led growth by the world's poorest countries

International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2010-03-26

The Coming Scramble for Africa’s Resources Needs a New Rulebook

Europe's World

The European Parliament has an important opportunity to influence global rules on resources extraction. This article explains why these are vital if Africa is to benefit fully from its minerals and energy bonanza

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2011-06-06

The MDGs' 2015 Deadline Must Not be Postponed

Europe's World

An article urging political leaders to explain why the MDGs are vital to us all

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2010-11-19

Towards a Renewed Debt Crisis?

FES

This 68-page German occasional paper argues that the shortcomings in multilateral debt control and relief mechanisms are amplified by the financial crisis. It also provides a detailed debt default risk assessment of HIPC countries which - among other indicators - takes climate change into account.

International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-07-19

Social Cash Transfers: a Useful Instrument in Development Cooperation?

FES

A 6-page analysis of the potential and pitfalls of social cash transfers in development cooperation

International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-05-15

Resolving Sovereign Debt Crises:

FES

This 42-page German study aims at guiding governments, parliamentarians, and an interested public in today’s critically indebted low- and middle-income countries in the global South to possible alternative crisis resolutions mechanisms

International Development, Economic PolicyPosted: 2010-10-05

Thinking Ahead - Development Models and Indicators of Well-being Beyond the MDGs

FES

This 20-page German policy analysis examines different projects of "alternative" models and measure of well-being and development and provides an outlook on a way forward towards the definition of a new set of global development goals

International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-12-11

Innovative Sources of Finance after the Paris Conference

FESNY

An 11-page German briefing paper analyzing different proposals for new sources of development finance

International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-04-23

Elephant in the Room: The New G77 and China Dynamics in Climate Talks

FIIA

A 9-page Finnish briefing paper assessing the stance of developing countries in respect of climate change talks and agreements

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-06-09

Protecting Developing Economies from Price Shocks

Financial Policy Forum

This paper explores policy options for protecting developing economies from the consequences of international price fluctuations

International Development, Economic PolicyPosted: 2004-09-28

Protecting the Poor: Global Financial Institutions and the Vulnerability of Low-Income Countries

FONDAD

This 174-page book addresses the vulnerabilities of low-income countries and the need for fundamental reforms in the governance of the global financial system

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2006-01-16

HIPC Debt Relief: Myths and Realities

Fondad

A 147-page book analyzing the successes and failures of the HIPC (Heavily Indebted Poor Countries) Initiative and offers proposals for future action

International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-06-13

Diversity in Development: Reconsidering the Washington Consensus

FONDAD

A 260-page book exploring what is right and wrong with the policies prescribed in the Washington Consensus

International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-01-15

Africa in the World Economy: The National, Regional and International Challenges

FONDAD

This 243-page book examines the constraints to growth and development in sub-Saharan Africa

International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-06-02

Helping the Poor? The IMF and Low-Income Countries

FONDAD

A book discussing the successes, failures and shortcomings of how the IMF and World Bank have assisted poor countries, analyzing in detail the policies pursued (single page linking to all chapters)

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2005-08-19

European Development Policy: A Response to the Crisis Affecting Globalization?

Fondation pour l’innovation politique

This 14-page French essay is intended to provide a fresh overview of the goals and particularities of European development cooperation, looking at progress made in recent years, as well as the outlook for the future, against the backdrop of the crisis currently affecting globalisation

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2009-06-15

European Development Policy: A Response to the Crisis Affecting Globalization?

Fondation pour l’innovation politique

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2009-07-16

The Beijing Consensus

Foreign Policy Centre

A 79-page paper argues that China is replacing the U.S. as a model for developing countries

International Development, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2004-05-22

Who Can Deliver Sustainable Development?

Foreign Policy Centre

This 4-page UK policy brief examines the problems of economic growth and social stagnation in Latin America

International Development, Social PolicyPosted: 2006-04-14

African Women Confront Bush's AIDS Policy

Foreign Policy in Focus

An article criticising U.S. AIDS Policy

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-12-14

Africa Policy Outlook 2005

Foreign Policy in Focus

An 8-page commentary on U.S. policy towards Africa, and the continent's most critical needs

International Development, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2005-02-16

Is More Better? Evaluating External-Led State Building After 1989

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

A 32-page US working paper proposing a framework for evaluating the success of state building operations

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-04-26

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

Report on Development Aid 2005-2006: The Challenges of an Unstable International Context

French Development Agency

This 81-page French report highlights a number of issues of growing importance to the development aid community

International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-08-08

The Improvized Mutation of Official Development Assistance

French Development Agency

This 5-page French article interprets recent changes in official development assistance policy

International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-06-26

2003-2004 Projects Evaluation Report

French Development Agency

A 141-page evaluation of development projects recently conducted by the French Development Agency

International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-12-09

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

How and Why Differentiate Developing Countries in the WTO?

French Institute of International Relations

A 22-page review of the literature dealing with differentiating between developing countries in the World Trade Organisation

Globalisation & International Trade, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-12-19

Direct Foreign Investment in Developing Countries: Leveraging the Role of Multinationals

French Institute of International Relations and French Development Agency

This 196-page French collection of studies examines whether Direct Foreign Investment (FDI) contributes to the development of host countries and, if so, under what conditions

International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2005-02-16

The Third Wave of Development Players

FRIDE

This 5-page Spanish policy brief describes the impact of the CIVETS group of countries on international development

International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-11-25

Spanish Development Cooperation: Right on Track or Missing the Mark?

FRIDE

A 44-page report on the reform of Spanish development cooperation

International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-08-17

South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Ways Ahead from Accra

FRIDE

This 6-page Spanish document aims to analyse the opportunities and challenges of South-South cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean

International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-04-14

Haiti: The Sour Grapes of Corruption

FRIDE

This 12-page Spanish article illustrates that for Haiti, the starting point for the long journey towards progress is none other than the fight against corruption

Corruption, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-04-14

Are the Millennium Development Goals Proving Counter-productive?

FRIDE

This 5-page Spanish policy brief argues that for the EU, the opportunity to carve out a leading,agenda-setting role in the MDGs debate is fast evaporating amidst Brussels’ unwillingness to broach policy alternatives and approaches to African development being canvassed by increasingly influential rival donors

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2010-10-01

When More is Less: Aiding Statebuilding in Afghanistan

FRIDE

A 31-page Spanish working paper providing a critical examination of international economic and military assistance to the statebuilding efforts in Afghanistan

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-10-25

South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Ways Ahead from Accra

FRIDE

This 6-page Spanish document aims to analyse the opportunities and challenges of South-South cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean

International Development, RegionalPosted: 2009-03-27

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

The Rise of Budget Support in European Development Cooperation: A False Panacea

FRIDE

European aid donors are delivering a higher share of development aid directly to governments in the form of budget support. While this offers potential for enhancing local accountability within developing states, this 5-page Spanish policy brief argues that the way it is being implemented in practice is having a negative impact

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2010-02-07

The Impact of Aid Policies on Domestic Democratisation Processes: The Case of Mali

FRIDE

This 36-page Spanish working paper looks at efforts to harmonise aid in Mali

International Development, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2008-05-15

Will Rising Democracies Become International Democracy Supporters?

FRIDE, CEIP

This 42-page paper examines what potential exists for the US and EU to work with rising the democracies on international democracy support – and some of the risks that must be avoided.

Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-08-18

Innovative Sources of Finance after the Paris Conference

Friedrich Ebert Foundation

This 11-page German paper analyzes different proposals for new sources of development finance

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2006-06-09

Innovative Sources of Finance After the Paris Conference

Friedrich Ebert Foundation - New York

This 11-page paper discusses progress in identifying innovative sources of finance to revitalize international development finance

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2006-04-19

Assisting the Escape from Persistent Ultra-poverty in Rural Africa

FSI

A US lecture paper offering current thinking on the structural causes of the spatially concentrated, persistent ultra-poverty that has plagued Africa for a generation and some key entry points for facilitating Africans’ escape from persistent ultra-poverty

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-09-14

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

Rebuilding Iraq: Status of DOD's Reconstruction Program

GAO

A 14-page US report to Congress on the status of DOD's reconstruction activities in Iraq

International Development, Disarmament & PeacekeepingPosted: 2006-12-18

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

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

The Challenges and Opportunities of Security Sector Reform in Post-Conflict Liberia

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

An 88-page occasional paper examining the role of the security sector in the post-conflict reconstruction of Liberia

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-01-12

The Millennium Development Goals: Thinking Beyond the Sachs Report

German Development Institute

A 4-page German briefing paper commenting on the Sachs report on achieving the millennium development goals

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2005-07-28

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

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

Democracy and Human Development in the Broader Middle East

German Marshall Fund of the United States

A 22-page paper synthesising the contributions of an international working group laying out the broad contours of a transatlantic strategy to promote democracy and human development in the broader Middle East

Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-06-23

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

The WTO's Development Crumbs

Global Development and Environment Institute

This 4-page U.S. paper describes how little benefit will accrue to developing countries from the WTO's Hong Kong talks

International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2006-02-25

The Shrinking Gains from Trade: A Critical Assessment of Doha Round Projections

Global Development and Environment Institute

A 28-page working paper criticising estimates of the benefits of trade liberalization by the World Bank as being over-optimistic

Globalisation & International Trade, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-11-03

Doha Round and Developing Countries: Will the Doha Deal Do More Harm Than Good?

Global Development and Environment Institute

A 4-page US policy brief identifying the shortcomings of the new WTO agreement for developing countries

International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-06-09

Doha Round's Development Impacts: Shrinking Gains and Real Costs

Global Development and Environment Institute

A 4-page policy brief examining the disappointing gains from world trade liberalization and the associated costs

Globalisation & International Trade, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-12-02

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

To Perpetuate their Dictatorships, Arab Rulers Resort to the Islamic Creed

Gloria Center

A 12-page Israeli article on why Muslim majority states offer fewer political rights than non-Muslim countries

International Development, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2010-01-29

Transforming Development: The Role of Philanthropic Foundations in International Cooperation

GPPi

This 40-page German study examines expenditure by foundations on international development

International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-06-02

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

The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Conflict and State Fragility in Sub-Saharan Africa

GSDRC

This 41-page issues paper collates recommendations from a range of sources on how the impacts of the financial crisis on countries which are currently politically unstable and suffer from pre-existing conflicts might be addressed and suggests potential areas of collaboration among donors

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-08-17

Measuring Results

GSDRC

This US guide introduces core debates and considerations for development practitioners involved in designing and managing monitoring and evaluating activities. It provides overviews of key tools and approaches, case studies of applying different methodological approaches, and lessons learned from international experience

International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-08-24

Energising Development: Report on Impacts

GTZ

A 40-page Dutch-German report on the impacts of projects implemented with the aim of achieving sustainable access to modern energy services for five million people in developing countries

International Development, EnergyPosted: 2010-10-20

Doha Development Round Perspective

Hamburg Institute of International Economics

A 6-page German paper examining where the Doha round stands today

International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2005-08-25

Pitfalls of "Automatic" Donor Co-ordination

Hamburg Institute of International Economics

A 40-page German paper examining Malawi experience to illustrate drawbacks to the "automatic" donor co-ordination system used in the provision of international aid

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2004-07-27