Publications

This publication suggests how multilateral financial institutions, such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) can be reformed in order to bri...chevron_right

This paper examines the plan by the second Bush administration to bring greater strategic coherence and accountability to the US' fragmented foreign assistance regime. The author reviews the main aspe...chevron_right

Reform of the major multilateral financial institutions is once again on the global agenda. At the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Singapore this month, one ...chevron_right

This paper shows that the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for primary schooling completion has focused attention on a measurable output indicator to monitor increases in schooling in poor countries....chevron_right

The G-8 is considering an “advance market commitment” to purchase vaccines against diseases concentrated in low-income countries as a way to spur research and development on vaccines for these disease...chevron_right

This paper shows that the US administration under George W Bush has increasingly acknowledged that weak and failing states represent the core of today’s global development challenge but has yet to for...chevron_right

Using a newly assembled dataset spanning from 1820 to 1998, this paper studies the relationship between the occurrence and cruelty of episodes of mass killing and the levels of development and democra...chevron_right

This paper addresses the constraints to policy reform in developing countries by examining the strength and direction of the relationship between social structures, political institutions and economic...chevron_right

This paper discusses the need for reform of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), arguing that the focus on reform should be complemented with an exploration of alternatives outside the IMF which hol...chevron_right

This publication analyzes the Investment Climate Facility (ICF) initiative, which aims at attacking the obstacles to the opening and running a business in Africa. The authors argue that it is in the i...chevron_right

This paper discusses the use of quantitative indicators in international development to determine the recipient countries’ effectiveness using the funds provided. The authors examine potential measure...chevron_right

This report summarizes the recommendations of a working group set up to advise Donald Kaberuka, who became president of the African Development Bank in September 2005 and the AfDB’s shareholders on th...chevron_right

The development community has belatedly recognized that energizing the private sector in Africa is necessary for sustainable economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction. A hostile environment...chevron_right

This paper argues that it is unlikely that a long-term, sustained and predictable increase in aid would, through the impact of the Dutch Disease, do more harm than good. The author gives three reasons...chevron_right

This paper outlines seven possible reasons why 60 percent additional aid to developing countries by to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) might not be effective. These include microeconomic ...chevron_right