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ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers

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ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers
  • These papers, by the Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU- formerly the Economics and Statistics Analysis Unit - ESAU), aim to improve understanding of the processes of poverty reduction and pro-poor growth in the contemporary global context, and of the design and implementation of policies that promote these objectives.
  • This resources was an output of the following ODI project: Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit .

Reconnecting joined-up approaches: Nation-building through state-building

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 25, March 2009

Diasporas: Doing development or part of development - A study of two Sierra Leonean diaspora organisations in London

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 24, March 2009

The myth of 'secure property rights': Good economics as bad history and its impact on international development

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 23, April 2008

Beyond 'constraints': Promoting the politics of economic growth in developing countries

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 22, March 2008

Improving governance for economic growth: An agenda for Anglo-Japanese development collaboration

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 21, March 2008

Security sector financing and fiscal sustainability in Afghanistan

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 20, January 2008

Determinants of Poverty in Sierra Leone, 2003

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 19, February 2007

Addressing the Human Resource Crisis in Malawi’s Health Sector: Employment preferences of public sector registered nurses

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 18, March 2007

The Effects of the Albania-EU Stabilization and Association Agreement: Economic Impact and Social Implications

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 17, February 2007

Estimating Russia's Impact on the Economic Performance of the Commonwealth of Independent States since 1991 - The Cases of the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 16, April 2006

What Happens when Public Expenditure is Scaled Up? An Enquiry into the Costs and Costeffectiveness of Expenditure in Phases of Expansion

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 15, April 2006

An Assessment of South Africa's Investment Incentive Regime with a Focus on the Manufacturing Sector

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 14, December 2005

Cambodia's Garment Industry - Origins and Future Prospects

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 13, September 2005

Post-conflict Privatisation: A Review of Developments in Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovina

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 12, May 2005

Fiscal Impact of Aid: A Survey of Issues and Synthesis of Country Studies of Malawi, Uganda and Zambia

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 11, May 2004

The Fiscal Effects of Aid in Zambia

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 10, May 2004

The Fiscal Effects of Aid in Uganda

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 9, May 2004

Policy Expectations and Programme Reality: The Poverty Reduction and Labour Market Impact of Two Public Works Programmes in South Africa

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 8, May 2004

The Fiscal Effects of Aid in Malawi

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 7, May 2004

Recovery from Economic Collapse: Insight from Input-Output Models and the Special Case of a Collapsed Oil Producer

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 6, March 2004

Why is Bangladesh Outperforming Kenya? A Comparative Study of Growth and its Causes since the 1960s

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 5, May 2004

What can the fiscal impact of aid tell us about aid effectiveness

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 4, November 2004

Analysing the Distributional Impacts of Stabilisation Policy with a CGE Model: Illustrations and Critique for Zimbabwe

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 4, March 2004

Why has Bangladesh outperformed Kenya?

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 3, January 2005

Population Ageing, Elderly Welfare, and Extending Retirement Cover: The Case Study of Sri Lanka

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 3, March 2004

Public works as a solution to unemployment in South Africa? Two different models of public works programme compared

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 2, November 2004

Poverty Efficient Aid Allocations - Collier/Dollar Revisited

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 2, December 2003

Education aid in fragile states: Delivering it effectively

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 1, September 2007

Ageing in a low-income country: is an old age pension necessary and affordable? case study of Sri Lanka

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 1, November 2004

Estimating the Economic Impact of HIV/AIDs on the Countries of the Former Soviet Union

ODI Strategic Policy Impact and Research Unit (SPIRU) Papers 1, December 2003

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