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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN

Latest publications: Books or book chapters

‘General Budget Support and Public Financial Management Reform: Emerging Lessons from Tanzania and Uganda’ in S. Koeberle, Z. Stavreski and J. Walliser (eds), Budget Support as More Effective Aid?

Publication - Books or book chapters - 14 May 2006
Tim Williamson

This paper considers the effects of the shift towards General Budget Support (GBS) on Public Financial Management (PFM) outcomes and reforms in Tanzania and Uganda - two countries where donors have decisively increased the amount of aid they provide in the form of GBS in absolute and relative terms over the last decade.

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‘From development research to pro-poor policy: Evidence and the change process’ in ‘Dialogues at the Interface: Science and Technology Policy for Development’, Louk Box and Rutger Engelhard (eds)

Publication - Books or book chapters - 30 April 2006
Julius Court and John Young

This book is a must for practitioners in science and technology policy in developing countries, with a rich array of case studies in the continuing search for demand driven policies which can tap into globalized knowledge production. This book is about changing social relationships and the authors focus on the question of what social relations make for successful science and technology policies. In particular, the various chapters illustrate what happens at different social interfaces, such as between policy makers and researchers, and between the users and producers of knowledge. In other words, they are interested in the knowledge networks that are emerging between the many different actors involved in the development of science and technology.

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‘The challenges of HIV/AIDS for African agriculture’ in Commonwealth Health Ministers Book 2006

Publication - Books or book chapters - 30 April 2006
Steve Wiggins and Rachel Slater

The Commonwealth Health Ministers Book is published for the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting that takes place in May of each year. It provides Health Ministers with a central source of information regarding health priorities, with key themes following those of the Meeting. The reference book includes articles from eminent authors on subject areas such as HIV/AIDS, maternal health, access to medicines, and the migration of health workers.

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Not in Our Name: Democracy and Foreign Policy in the UK

Publication - Books or book chapters - 16 January 2006
Simon Burall, D.Donnelly, and S. Weir

Not in Our Name is an innovatory work which exposes the full extent of the democratic shortfall in foreign policy and proposes a series of reforms to remedy it. It is the result of extensive research and interviews with high-profile protagonists. It analyses the failure in accountability through numerous case-studies of actual events and relationships (e.g., the Special Relationship; scrutiny of EU legislation; relations in the G8, WTO, Nato, etc).

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Comercialización de Productos Forestales No Maderables

Publication - Books or book chapters - 1 January 2006
Kate Schreckenberg, Elaine Marshall and A. C. Newton (editors)

A fin de asegurar que los PFNM aporten todo su potencial para el desarrollo sostenible, es preciso entender las razones que llevan al éxito y al fracaso de la comercialización de PFNM, y las condiciones bajo las cuales ésta puede contribuir en forma positiva al mejoramiento de la calidad de vida de los pobres.

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