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The Internationalisation of Higher Education: Exporting Education to Developing and Transitional Economies

Published by: IDS

This paper presents and discusses recently undertaken research that seeks to assess the extent to which higher education in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States has been internationalised in two key areas.

The Reasons for the Rise in Childhood Mortality During the 1980s in Zambia

Published by: IDS

Between 1980 and 1991 the proportion of Zambian children dying before reaching five years of age rose from 15 to 19 percent. This paper explores why this happened. There are no data on trends in morbidity.

Banking in Africa. The Impact of Financial Sector Reform since Independence

This book provides a review of the evolution of the post-independence banking system in Africa. There is a strong focus on the problems...

Being Poor and Becoming Poor: Poverty Status and Poverty Transitions in Rural Pakistan

Published by: IDS

Conventional poverty profiles and poverty status regressions are often criticised by policy makers for telling them a lot about who the poor are, but very little about what to do to combat poverty. Essentially this is because the correlates of poverty status are distinct from the dynamic processes that lead households to fall into or escape from poverty.

How Can We Know What They Want? Understanding Local Perceptions of Poverty and Ill-Being in Asia

Published by: IDS

Aid donors are increasingly focused on poverty eradication and influenced by the principle of participation. They would like more insight into how poor people in poor countries understand the character, causes, correlates and cures of poverty and deprivation.

CAP Reforms: Will Developing Countries Benefit?

Published by: IDS

The UK Presidency of the EU must oversee progress on the Agenda 2000 proposals to reform the common agricultural policy (CAP). The proposed reforms are limited and will not include the substantial trade liberalisation called for by critics of the CAP. This must wait for the next round of WTO negotiations.

Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation: Learning from Change

Published by: IDS

Development organisations need to know how effective their efforts have been. But who should make these judgements, and on what basis? Usually it is outside experts who take charge.

Stepping Forward: Children and Young People’s Participation in the Development Process

Published by: ITDG Publishing

Children and young people have much to offer the community they live in, but are often excluded I decisions and policies that affect their development, as their own opinions are ignored or overruled much of the time.

East Asia: What Happened to the Development Miracle?

Published by: IDS

Water Resource, Prevention of Violent Conflict and the Coherence of EU Policy in the Horn of Africa

Published by: Saferworld