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Is "Good Governance" a Good Development Strategy?
New data, new concepts, new results: This working paper offers tools to rethink the role of "good governance" in development strategies. What is "good governance"? Transparency of public action, control of corruption, free operation of markets, democracy and the rule of law.With macroeconomic stabilisation, "good governance" has imposed itself as a universal imperative in development policies since the 1990s. (...)
Published in January 2008
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World Energy Prospects and Stakes - A New Paradigm
development if energy consumption follows such an "impossible path". Energy security and environmental constraints converge to offer mankind both a challenge and an opportunity: inventing a new model compatible with sustainable development in order to "meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." (...)
Published in January 2008
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Egyptian Industry since the Early 1970s: A History of Thwarted Development
The political will to promote industry in Egypt has thus been affirmed for many years, under a variety of strategies. To what extent has Egypt’s industrial performance matched the effort invested? Has not the country’s political commitment to industrialisation run afoul of economic reality? This
Published in March 2008
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Poverty, Access to Credit and the Determinants of Participation in a New Micro-credit Program in Rural Areas of Morocco
This paper describes the economic living conditions of the population in dispersed rural areas of Morocco and analyses their response to the introduction of a new micro-credit program. The first section of this paper closely follows the papers of Banerjee and Duflo (2007). It focuses on the
Published in October 2008
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Aid for Trade in Developing Countries : Complex Linkages for Real Effectiveness
Aid for trade is intended to support the integration of developing countries into the world trading system. Although this form of aid is being hailed as a promising new development tool, it lacks the strategic dimension that it needs if it is to be truly effective and fulfil donors‘ policy
Published in February 2008
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Privatization and Regulatory Reform in the Middle East and North Africa Area
During the nineties, the globalization of telecommunications imposed a model of development based on the suppression of public monopolies, leading to international competition and the privatization of public telecommunication operators. These economic dynamics have been fostering regulatory and
Published in June 2008
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Africa and its Demographic Challenges: an Uncertain Future
This paper is the executive summary of a collective publication: Africa and its Demographic Challenges: an Uncertain Future, edited by Benoît Ferry. This study was born out of a workshop on demography and population issues organized in early March 2006 by AFD in partnership with the United
Published in April 2008
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The Banking System of Vietnam after the Accession to WTO: Transition and its Challenges
Le secteur bancaire vietnamien a été largement restructuré au cours des deux dernières décennies, et les autorités se sont engagées à poursuivre la libéralisation du secteur pour rejoindre l’Organisation Mondiale du Commerce en janvier 2007. Dans ce contexte, le développement très rapide de la
Published in December 2008
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The investment climate in Egypt : Institutions or Relationships as Conditions for Sustainable Reform?
undesirable uncertainty. In this way, the authors demonstrate that improving trust between private investors and public authorities is certainly a question of reforming institutions.
Published in June 2008
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External Debt in Low-Income Countries: Taking Stock and New Perspectives
In the wake of debt relief initiatives (Heavily Indebted Poor Countries and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiatives), there has been a lot of questioning on donors’ lending strategies towards developing countries. Since then, attempts have been made to understand what went wrong in the past and to
Published in October 2008
