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Making the Poor Pay for Public Goods via Microfinance: Economic and Political Pitfalls in the Case of Water and Sanitation

Published by: Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung

This paper critically assesses microfinance’s expansion into the provision of public goods.

Negotiating Exclusions in Developing Country FTAs

There exists a choice of negotiating the exclusions in tariff liberalisation: negative or positive listing. The extent of coverage caters to all sectors/products minus an identified ‘sensitive list’ under the negative list approach is considered more liberalising than positive listing with coverage across a specific number of sectors/products selected for preferential treatment.

Financialisation through Microfinance: Civil Society and Market Building in India

This article understands financialisation as the expansion of the frontier of financial accumulation. Microfinance is shown to achieve this expansion by establishing credit-based linkages between owners and borrowers of capital, allowing surplus accumulation to take place via the credit relation

Success Factors for Lead Firms to Shape Inclusive Procurement

Published by: IIED

This report looks at how lead firms can support suppliers to trade with smallholders, and in doing so reconcile inclusion of smallholders with commercial drivers.

Business and International Development: Is Systemic Change Part of the Business Approach?

Published by: IDS

Systems thinking has started to appear within the discourse around 'business and development', as governments, donors and NGOs are increasingly seeking to leverage private initiatives to have broad impacts on development goals.

Policy Options to Enhance Markets for Nutrient-Dense Foods in Tanzania

Published by: IDS

There is an urgent need to reduce alarming rates of undernutrition in Tanzania. This report analyses options for policies and interventions to improve the functioning of markets that deliver nutrient-dense foods.

Logistics Performance and Trade: an Analysis of India’s Trade in Intermediates with Bangladesh and Thailand.

In this study, the objective is to empirically explore the role of logistics in enhancing production linkages through trade in intermediate products. Two case studies of trade in intermediate goods are undertaken: (i) India’s export of textile yarn to Bangladesh; and (ii) India’s import of air conditioning equipment from Thailand.

China and African Development: Partnership not Mentoring

Published by: IDS

This article states the conclusions of major field research into the impact of Chinese public and private economic activity on governance in Africa. China has gone into parts of Africa and sectors of African activity where Western actors have been reluctant to venture, yet receives criticism for not reaching standards of governance which the West itself is not able to apply. The Chinese go into Af

Mapping Value Chains for Nutrient-Dense Foods in Tanzania

Published by: IDS

This report details the findings of an analysis of value chains for several nutrient-dense foods in Tanzania. It rapidly assesses the potential of ten commodities to contribute to reducing undernutrition and identifies three with particularly high potential.

UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund): Global Governance That Works

Published by: Routledge

This book provides an in-depth analysis of UNICEF’s development and operations, whilst exploring the significance of UNICEF’s achievements and the reasons behind them.