Publications

Another Path to Customs Reform: Mexico’s Second Inspection

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This paper presents two theses about reforming customs administration in developing countries. First, that modern customs systems increasingly rely on documentary audit rather than physical control and that the private sector can improve the information needed to strengthen audit. Second, that...

Stephen Peterson

The development of environmental policies in the Netherlands and their influence on Dutch development co-operations

Dolf J.H. te Lintelo

Auditing the Capacity of Institutions and Communities to Deliver Democratic Participation

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This article outlines a framework for auditing community participation in public decision-making.

Danny Burns

China’s Economic Growth: Impact on Regions, Migration and Environment

Chapter contributed: ‘Introduction: the management of space and Nature'

Africa’s Changing Markets For Health And Veterinary Services: The New Institutional Issues

David Leonard

Aiding Democracy? Donors and Civil Society in South Africa

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Ain’t Misbehavin’: Beyond Individual Behaviour Change

The International HIV/AIDS Alliance supports 'linking organizations' in various developing countries which, in turn, support local NGOs to carry out HIV/AIDS activities with local communities. Experience and accumulated evidence has shown that information, education and communication (IEC) alone...

Jerker Edström

Balancing Pains and Gains. A Perspective Paper on Gender and Large Dams

Report commissioned by the World Commission on Dams

Lyla Mehta

Governance and Networks. Tools to Study the Dynamics of Clusters and Global Value Chains

Paper prepared for IDS/INEF project 'The Impact of Global and Local Governance' Why are we talking about governance? Or rather, why are we not talking about rule, like in “the rule of law” or “the rule of the state”? The answer is straightforward: because this would be a far too narrow...

Growth and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: How much External Financing will be needed in the New Century

Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Mauritania, 1987-1996

Neil McCulloch

How Can Impact Assessment be made more Participatory?