No AccessWorld Development Report1 Feb 2013World Development Report 1990PovertyAuthors/Editors: World BankWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-1952-0851-XView ChaptersAboutPDF (21.1 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:This report is the th...
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No AccessWorld Development Report1 Feb 2013World Development Report 1988Opportunities and Risks in Managing the World Economy; Public Finance in Development; World Development IndicatorsAuthors/Editors: World BankWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-1952-0650-9AboutView ChaptersPDF (28.3 MB) ToolsAdd...
Judy L. Baker
No AccessDirections in Development - General1 Feb 2013Evaluating the impact of development projects on povertyA handbook for practitionersAuthors/Editors: Judy L. BakerJudy L. Bakerhttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-4697-0SectionsAboutPDF (0.5 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations S...
Sarah C. White
The established rhetoric of opposition between state and NGOs as development agents has shifted to one of complementarity and common interest. Along with this, the ‘comparative advantage’ claimed for NGOs has expanded from economic and welfare benefits to encompass also the political goods of civil ...
J. Timmons Roberts, Romain Weikmans, Stacy‐ann Robinson, David Ciplet et al.
Gerard Clarke
Abstract Recent donor discourse points to the potential of faith-based organisations (fbos) as ‘agents of transformation’, mobilising the moral energy of faith communities in support of the Millennium Developments Goals (mdgs). This new donor-driven agenda, however, invites scrutiny of complementary...
David Ciplet, J. Timmons Roberts, Mizan R. Khan
Finance for developing countries to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change now tops the international climate negotiation agenda. In this article, we first assess how adaptation finance came to the top of the agenda. Second, drawing upon Amartya Sen's (2010) “realization-focused comparison” ...
Ataur Rahman Belal, Stuart M. Cooper, Niaz Ahmed Khan
Bangladesh has recently been enjoying significant economic growth mainly arising from an export led development strategy. However, in that process its natural environment has been degraded and become more vulnerable in geophysical terms (e.g. environmental pollution). Much of the Bangladeshi populat...
Thomas W. Hertel, L. Alan Winters
This study reports on the findings from \n a major international research project investigating the \n poverty impacts of a potential Doha Development Agenda \n (DDA). It combines in a novel way the results from several \n strands of research. First, it draws on an intensive \n a...
David Lewis, Anthony Bebbington, Simon Batterbury, Alpa Shah et al.
Abstract Culture has received increasing attention in critical development studies, though the notion that there are important cultural differences within and between development organizations has received less consideration. This paper elaborates elements of a framework for studying organizational ...
David Lewis
This paper reviews the changing relationships between Northern development NGOs (NNGOs) which are organizations with their roots in industrialized countries, and local southern NGOs (SNGOs) which exist in many aid‐recipient countries. It draws on selected experiences from the Bangladesh context. The...
Part I Global poverty and macro-economic reform: the globalization of poverty policing countries through loan conditionalities the global cheap labour economy. Part II Sub-Saharan Africa: Somalia - the real causes of famine economic genocide in Rwanda. Part III Asia: India - the IMF's indirect rule ...
A.K. Shamsuddoha, M. Yunus Ali
Purpose The impact of export promotion programs (EPPs) on firm export performance (FEP) has received little attention in the export literature. This paper attempts to investigate the direct and indirect impact of EPPs on FEP in a comprehensive model. The indirect effects of EPPs on FEP have been con...
Mollah Aminul Islam, Muhammad Asif Khan, József Popp, Włodzimierz Sroka et al.
Considering the importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows for the sustainable economic advancement of a host country, this paper investigates the financial development and FDI nexus, using institutional quality as a moderator. The sample consists of 79 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) part...
Kendall Stiles