International Development

The Final Countdown: Prospects for Ending Extreme Poverty by 2030

Brookings

This 21-page US study examines the prospects for ending extreme poverty by 2030 and the factors that will determine progress toward this goal

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-05-02

Manufacturing Enterprise in Asia: Size Structure and Economic Growth

IDRC

This 361-page book offers an interpretation of growth trajectories in the size-structure of enterprises in the manufacturing sector of selected Asian economies

International Development, Economic PolicyPosted: 2013-04-30

Less Violence, More Development

IPI

This article considers the place of conflict and fragility in the development agenda

International Development, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2013-04-29

What’s Yours Is Mine: New Actors and New Approaches to Asset Recovery in Global Corruption Cases

CGD

This 42-page US policy paper is about recovering money stolen by corrupt politicians and officials

Corruption, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-04-23

The Nexus Between Development and Security: Searching for Common Ground in Countering Terrorism

ICCT

This 16-page Dutch report analyses the relationship between the development and counter-terrorism sectors in light of the changing nature of terrorism

Defence, Terrorism & Security, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-04-23

Strengthening the UN Peacebuilding Commission

IPI

This 6-page meeting note summarizes the ideas and suggestions that arose during a roundtable workshop held to discuss the challenges and opportunities for the UN Peacebuilding Commission through transition and peacebuilding processes after conflict

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-04-22

Inequality and the Post-2015 Development Framework: Arguing the Case for a Stand-alone Goal on Reduced Inequality

DIIS

A 4-page Danish policy brief considering the issue of inequality and how to integrate it into the new development framework

International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-04-22

Black Carbon and Kerosene Lighting: An Opportunity for Rapid Action on Climate Change and Clean Energy for Development

Brookings

This 13-page US policy paper argues that replacing inefficient kerosene lighting with electric lighting or other clean alternatives can rapidly achieve development and energy access goals, save money and reduce climate warming

International Development, EnergyPosted: 2013-04-18

Facilitating Development: An Arm’s Length Approach to Aid

ODI

This 13-page discussion note sets out a case for greater use of ‘arm’s length’ forms of aid building on some of the implications of recent research

International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-04-16

The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Development Assistance: Past Trends and Future Scenarios

CEPS

Against the background of the recent political uprisings in the southern and eastern Mediterranean, this 49-page paper analyses and assesses the EU’s development assistance to the region since 1995 and offers insights into the future of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership

International Development, RegionalPosted: 2013-04-13

Why Chemotherapy That Costs $70,000 in the U.S. Costs $2,500 in India

"The Atlantic"

By rejecting patent applications, developing countries have kept down the costs of much-needed medications. This US article asks whether they can they continue to do so without harming efforts to develop new drugs?

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-04-13

Breaking Open the Black Box: Increasing Aid Transparency and Accountability in Haiti

CEPR

This 14-page US paper takes a look at the effectiveness of U.S. assistance to Haiti: how it is being administered, to what extent U.S. assistance in Haiti is adhering to the USAID Forward reform agenda and what steps can be taken to ensure more effective and transparent delivery of aid to Haiti

Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-04-03

A Chameleon Called Debt Relief

Institute of Development Policy and Management

A 32-page Belgian working paper critically reviewing three decades of official creditors’ debt relief practice in Sub-Saharan Africa from a novel angle, i.e. along debt relief’s similarities with other aid modalities

International Development, Economic PolicyPosted: 2013-03-29

Education for All is Affordable– by 2015 and beyond

UNESCO

This 6-page policy paper highlights a widening funding gap for basic education in low-income countries and stresses that this gap will hinder achievement of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on the universal primary education 2015 target

Education, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-03-23

Back to Basics: Towards a Successful and Cost-effective Integration Policy

IPPR

This 72-page UK report identifies some of the essential elements and potential opportunities for a new kind form of integration policy, nationally and at the community level

International Development, RegionalPosted: 2013-03-22

The Post-2015 Development Agenda: A Review of the Debate and Potential Elements of a Joint EU Strategy

EADI

This 44-page policy paper seeks to capture the major elements of global development efforts through the MDGs and in preparing for a global development agenda beyond the year 2015 to contribute to the post-2015 discussion

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2013-03-20

A Women’s Guide to Security Sector Reform

DCAF

This guide seeks to encourage and empower women to take part in shaping and transforming the security sector in their communities and countries

Defence, Terrorism & Security, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-03-19

Environmental Governance of Uranium Mining in Niger: A Blind Spot for Development Cooperation?

DIIS

A 54-page Danish working paper discussing the state of the environmental governance of the uranium mining sector in Niger

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-03-18

The Moral Imperative toward Cost-Effectiveness in Global Health

CGD

This 12-page essay explores the moral relevance of cost-effectiveness, a major tool for capturing the relationship between resources and outcomes, by illustrating what is lost in moral terms for global health when cost-effectiveness is ignored

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-03-13

Common Goals for Development and Sustainability

SEF

A 4-page German analysis of the challenge of reconciling the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-03-11

Lessons Learned from the Commission on Sustainable Development

UNSG

The report (a 23-page advance copy)identifies lessons learned under three headings: reviewing and monitoring the implementation of Agenda 21, the JPOI, and related outcomes; agenda-setting and developing policy recommendations; and the engagement and participation of Major Groups

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-03-07

Cataract Blindness and Simulation-Based Training for Cataract Surgeons

Rand Corporation

This 137-page US paper describes an approach to surgery training and delivery that includes use of high-fidelity simulator technology and associated curricula for high-volume training, development of a system of independent private practitioners, and training where necessary of individuals without medical degrees

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-03-06

The European Union’s Engagement in Negotiations on a Post-2015 Framework for Development

DIIS

This 56-page Danish report discusses the potential of EU influence in a post-2015 development aid process that is at its core UN-led

International Development, European UnionPosted: 2013-03-04

Does Foreign Aid Work? Efforts to Evaluate U.S. Foreign Assistance

CRS

This 27-page US report considering the distinct evaluation policies of U.S. government agencies managing foreign assistance

International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-03-02

Post 2015: What Can Be Learnt from the Impact of Health Performance on Donor Policies for Health Assistance?

DIE

A 4-page German briefing paper considering the lessons to be learnt from the impact of health performance on donor policies for health assistance

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-02-25

Can Malaysia Beat the Middle-Income Trap?

CEIP

This US article explains how the government’s current efforts are aimed at tackling some of Malaysia’s deepest structural problems so the country can finally beat the middle-income trap

Economic Policy, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-02-23

Identification for Development: The Biometrics Revolution

CGDev

An 81-page US working paper discussing the use of digital biometric identification technology to provide identification and authentication in developing countries

International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-02-06

A New Opportunity: Agricultural Extension as a Peacebuilding Tool

USIP

This US article considers how agricultural extension systems—a common feature in rural areas including those afflicted by conflict or transitional instability—might be utilized in the service of preventing and managing conflict in non-violent ways

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-01-24

Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD's Experience, Lessons and Prospects (Phase 2)

Brookings

A 60-page US paper assessing IFAD's experience in scaling up its programmes

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-01-22

How the Local Matters

DIIS

This 100-page Danish report presents the findings of a study of the potentials and pitfalls of promoting local level democratic structures in fragile situations

Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-01-21

Engagement with Non-state Actors in Fragile States: Narrowing Definitions, Broadening Scope

Clingendael

This 32-page Dutch report presents some of the main challenges for adequate engagement with non-state actors in fragile and conflict-affected situations

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, International DevelopmentPosted: 2013-01-17

The Busan Process: Milestone or Stumbling Block for International Development Cooperation?

SEF

This 4-page German paper analyses the extent to which the integration of the major emerging countries into the international system of development cooperation has been implemented and how the new "Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation" should be assessed

Ageing, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-12-17

European Good Practice Examples of Migration and Development Initiatives

CoMiDe

This 68-page Austrian report approaches the question of the coherence of migration policy and development objectives by looking at actual EU policies on migration and development

Immigration & Refugees, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-12-04

Information economy report 2012: the software industry and developing countries

UNCTAD

puts the focus on the role of software in developing countries

International Development, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2012-11-29

Trade Preferences: Economic Issues and Policy Options

CRS

This 36-page US report discusses the major U.S. trade preference programmes, their possible economic effects, stakeholder interests, and legislative options

International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2012-11-29

Behavioural Design: A New Approach to Development Policy

CGD

This 33-page paper argues that behavioral economics can help improve development policy

International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-11-27

Food Systems and Human Health and Nutrition: An Economic Policy Perspective with a Focus on Africa

FSE Stanford

This 48-page US paper arguing that health-sensitive policy interventions in the food system should include not only the producers of food and health care but the complete value system from producers to the final consumer

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-11-16

Transnational Organised Crime and Fragile States

OECD

A 36-page paper considering issues relating to transnational organised crime

Crime, Law & Order, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-11-09

Myanmar Migrants to Thailand and Implications to Myanmar Development

IDE

A 5-page Japanese policy paper on issues relevant to Myanmar migration to Thailand

Immigration & Refugees, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-11-05

U.S. Aid and Egypt: It's Complicated

CEIP

A US article examining US aid policy towards Egypt

Foreign Policy, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-10-31

Development as a Collective Action Problem

Africa Power and Politics Programme

This 132-page synthesis report argues that development progress is about overcoming institutional blockages that are usually underpinned by interconnected collective action problems affecting both elites and masses

International Development, RegionalPosted: 2012-10-30

Fostering Community Economic Development with Ethical Consumption

CCPA

This 31-page Canadian paper aims to contribute to an exploration of whether ethical consumption (purchasing commodities that contain a public-good element) might be used as part of a Community Economic Development strategy

Economic Policy, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-10-28

Dealing with Private Security Companies. Options for Development Cooperation in Timor-Leste, Liberia and Peru

BICC

This 7-page German paper considers how development actors should deal with private security companies

International Development, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2012-10-26

Doing Business 2013

World Bank, IFC

The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 185 economies and selected cities at the subnational level. Doing Business 2013 (282-pages) finds that local entrepreneurs in developing countries are finding it easier to do business than at any time in the last 10 years

International Development, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2012-10-24

Ethiopia Community-Based Nutrition Program Helps Reduce Child Malnutrition

World Bank

An article describing a community-based nutrition programme that reached over a million Ethiopian children

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-10-24

2012 Global Hunger Index

IFPRI

The 2012 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report—the seventh in an annual series—presents a multidimensional measure of global, regional, and national hunger. It shows that progress in reducing the proportion of hungry people in the world has been tragically slow

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-10-13

Creating a Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation

CGD

This 37-page US essay analyzes the process and achievements of the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. The essay provides a better understanding of how consensus is reached among nations, institutions, and individuals with diverse interests, orientations, and personalities

International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-10-10

The Next Administration Should Close Africa’s Energy Poverty Gap

CGD

A US blog arguing that the next big White House effort in Africa should be on promoting access to electricity

International Development, EnergyPosted: 2012-10-04

Direct Distribution of Oil Revenues in Venezuela: A Viable Alternative?

CGD

This 38-page US working paper considers whether the direct and automatic distribution of oil rents to citizens is a viable option in Venezuela

Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-10-04

From Schooling Goals to Learning Goals: How Fast Can Student Learning Improve?

CGD

This 23-page US working paper documents the current (slow) rate of improving on learning assessments

Education, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-10-04

Wages and Informality in Developing Countries

Economic Growth Center

This 67-page US working paper evaluates the labour market and the welfare effects of policies towards informality

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-09-28

Another Look at Foreign Aid

Economic Growth Center

This discussion paper looks at the effectiveness of foreign aid

International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-09-28

What Drives Biodiversity Conservation Effort in the Developing World? An analysis for Sub-Saharan Africa

CERDI

This 30-page French paper investigates the challenge of biodiversity conservation in low-income economies

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-09-25

Economic and Political Liberalization, Dependency and Elite Formation in Contemporary Mozambique

DIIS

This 42-page Danish working paper analyses the role of elites in the development in Mozambique

International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-09-25

Defining the Next Set of Global Development Goals

CFR

This US article advances priorities for the process of defining a development agenda to follow the Millennium Development Goals, arguing that fragmentation and incoherence risk drowning out the voices of the global poor.

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2012-09-24

Financing for a Fairer, More Prosperous Kenya

Brookings

A US article on the need for a fairer distribution of wealth in Kenya

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2012-07-16

Topic Guide on Gender

IDD

A 130-page UK topic guide introducing literature on a range of gender and development issues and highlighting major critical debates

International Development, Human RightsPosted: 2012-06-27

The Insufficiency of Sustainable Development

Brookings

A US opinion addressing the limitations of sustainable development

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-06-25

Priority-Setting in Health: Building Institutions for Smarter Public Spending

CGD

This 101-page US paper recommends creating and developing fair and evidence-based national and global systems to more rationally set priorities for public spending on health

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-06-12

The Political Economy of African Development

Africa Power and Politics Programme et al.

A 23-page joint statement by five major research programmes highlighting their common findings on the political economy of development in Africa

International Development, RegionalPosted: 2012-05-31

Quantifying the Quality of Health Aid: Health QuODA

CGD

This 4-page US brief summarizes and updates results of the Quality of Official Development Assistance (QuODA) index applied to health aid and compares these results to the overall QuODA assessment

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-05-31

Sustainable Development through Policy Integration in Latin America: A Comparative Approach

UNRISD

This 24-page paper examines how social and political actors in Brazil and in Ecuador propose to govern natural resource use sustainably, and how they work at building an alternative political economy based on ecosystem protection, biodiversity, renewable energy use and poverty reduction

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-05-07

Ecuador’s Economy Since 2007

CEPR

This 25-page US paper describes how Ecuador has experienced strong progress in key economic, social and health indicators since 2007, with a dramatic rebound from the global recession since 2009

Economic Policy, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-05-03

The Global Financial Crisis: The Beginning of the End of the “Development” Agenda?

CGD

This 25-page US policy paper discusses the pre-crisis subtle shift in the prevailing model of capitalism in developing countries and whether the financial crisis will be a trigger for a new twenty-first-century approach to collective action on global problems

International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-05-02

The Negative Consequences of Overambitious Curricula in Developing Countries

CGD

This 57-page US working paper argues that many education systems in developing countries are attempting to push children through curricular material faster than their teachers can teach it and their students can learn it

International Development, EducationPosted: 2012-05-02

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

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

Incentives for Life: Cash-on-Delivery Aid for Tobacco Control in Developing Countries

CGD

This 19-page report proposes applying Cash-on-Delivery (COD) Aid as a new incentive mechanism for tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries

Drug Abuse, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-04-18

Achieving Export Diversification: Lessons from Brazil

IDS

A 2-page UK briefing that uses evidence from research on Brazilian manufacturing firms to draw lessons for other developing countries on how firms achieve export diversification

International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2012-04-17

Approaches to Food Security in Brazil, China, India, Mexico and Nigeria: Lessons for Developing Countries

ICRIER

This 35-page Indian paper underscores the diversity in country experiences in terms of the timing, pace, and forms of agricultural reforms as well as the major public policies and programmes adopted for improving social and economic access to food and nutrition and draws lessons for other countries

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-04-16

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

Security Sector Reform Needs Inclusive Politics and Jobs for the Poor

Open Democracy

This article argues that security sector reform needs to be grounded in inclusive government and growth strategies that deliver jobs to the poor

Defence, Terrorism & Security, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-03-26

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

The High Return to Private Schooling in a Low-Income Country

CGDEV

This 12-page working paper finds a large effect of private schooling in Kenya on test scores, equivalent to one full standard deviation. The effect dwarfs the impact of any rigorously tested intervention to raise performance within public schools

Education, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-03-21

Sri Lanka’s North I: The Denial of Minority Rights

Crisis Group

This 46-page report calls for governments and aid agencies supporting the reconstruction of Sri Lanka's Northern Province to structure their assistance so as to encourage the demilitarisation and democratisation of the former war zone and full respect for minority rights

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-03-19

Sri Lanka’s North II: Rebuilding under the Military

Crisis Group

This report argues that international engagement with Sri Lanka should prioritise the reestablishment of civilian and democratic governance in the north, and the end of the military control over development activities

Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-03-19

Will Emerging Economies Repeat the Environmental Mistakes of their Rich Cousins?

CEIP

A US article illustrating how emerging markets will face ever-increasing environmental consequences that will eventually constrain growth

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-03-13

Escaping the Vicious Cycle of Poverty: Towards Universal Access to Energy

CEPS

A 33-page working paper showing that renewable energy sources – and especially small decentralised solutions – have huge potential for providing reliable, sustainable and affordable energy services for the poor, particularly in rural areas of developing countries

Energy, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-03-13

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

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

Scaling Up Development Interventions: A Review of UNDP's Country Program in Tajikistan

Brookings

This 48-page US working paper aims to assess whether and how well UNDP is supporting scaling up in its development programs in Tajikistan. It also contributes to the overall growing body of evidence on the scaling up of development interventions worldwide

International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-02-27

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

Rethinking Health Sector -wide Approaches Through the Lens of Aid Effectiveness

Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Economics and Government

This 52-page Australian paper argues that the theory of change underlying SWAps is highly consistent with effective aid, while the practice is not

International Development, HealthPosted: 2012-02-24

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

Multilateral Development Banks: General Capital Increases

CRS

A 17-page US perspective on how the major Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) are simultaneously seeking increases in their capital bases to fund the continued expansionof their development lending programmes

International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-02-16

Sowing Innovation for Sustainable Food

iied

This 2-page brief highlights research into sustaining local food systems, biodiversity and livelihoods. It showcases how farming communities are taking the lead in action research to revive diverse, locally controlled food systems

Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-02-01

Accelerating Work to Overcome the Global Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases—A Roadmap for Implementation

WHO

To guide the effort against NTDs this 22-page document sets out a new strategy that sets targets for what can be achieved by the end of the decade

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-01-31

Dissonance in Development: Foreign Aid and State Formation in Malawi

NUPI

The main focus of this 190-page Norwegian thesis is on how foreign aid and development affects the state

International Development, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2012-01-12

Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change

Oxfam America

This 72-page US report makes the business case for private sector adaptation to climate change in ways that build the resilience of vulnerable communities in developing countries

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-01-10

Value for Money in Donor HIV Funding

Rand Corporation

This 92-page US report examines options for improving the impact of HIV funding

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-01-10

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

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

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

World Development Report 2012 for iPad

World Bank

A limited time free offer of the World Development Report 2012 App for iPad

International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-12-16

Development Interventions, Export Sectors and the Poor: Mixed Results

DIIS

This 120-page Danish study examines a variety of interventions directed at increasing Low Income Country exports while benefiting the poor

International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2011-12-12

Aiding Governance in Developing Countries: Progress Amid Uncertainties

CEIP

A 42-page US report on how aid practitioners have begun accumulating important insights about how to improve governance aid

International Development, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2011-12-01

Direct Access to Climate Finance: Experiences and Lessons Learned

ODI

This 19-page UK discussion paper provides an overview of the concept of direct access to funding for climate change actions in developing countries

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-11-30

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

Engaging in Productive Sector Development: Comparisons between Mozambique and Ghana

DIIS

In this 35-page Danish paper, four factors are used to explain why state intervention in developing countries is sometimes a success and sometimes not

International Development, Economic PolicyPosted: 2011-11-15

Achieving an AIDS Transition: Preventing Infections to Sustain Treatment

CGD

This 4-page US brief summarizes the recommendations in "Achieving an AIDS Transition", for focused policies and well-designed incentives to finally bring the AIDS epidemic under control

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-11-15