The Right to trade

rethinking the Aid for Trade Agenda

Aid for trade is a fixture in the development landscape, accounting for approximately 25 per cent of total ODA, and is being positioned as a building block in the future development agenda beyond the 2015 expiry of the Millennium Development Goals. In The Right to ...

Municipal infrastructure financing

innovative practices from developing countries

Ed. Munawwar Alam. "Municipal Infrastructure Financing" provides an overview of the municipal finances and the extent of private sector involvement in the delivery of municipal services in selected Commonwealth developing countries. Four cities are examined in detail: Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Kampala in Uganda ...

Public-private partnerships policy and practice

a reference guide

Ed. HK Yong. 'Public- Private Partnerships Policy and Practice' is a comprehensive reference guide on PPP theory and practice for senior policy-makers and other public sector officials in developing countries. The guide focuses on the key lessons learned - and emerging best practice - from successful and ...

Innocent bystanders

implications of an EU-India free trade agreement for excluded countries

Coord. L. Alan Winters. The European Union, under its 'Global Europe' initiative, has since 2006 been pursuing trade agreements with its major global trading partners. An EU-India Free Trade Agreement is currently under negotiation; if successfully concluded it is likely to have knock-on effects on ...

The CARIFORUM and Pacific ACP economic partnership agreements

challenges ahead?

This report on the CARIFORUM and Pacific ACP Economic Partnership Agreements analyses the detailed implications for the economies of the countries involved of commitments signed or initialled, including an indication of the broad country and region-wide effects. The two agreements cover general provisions related to ...

Learning from experience

perspectives on poverty reduction strategies from four developing countries

Ed. David Peretz. "Learning from Experience" explores how the Poverty Reduction Strategy Initiative (PRSI) process is working, as seen from the perspective of four recipient countries. This initiative of the World Bank and IMF was introduced in 1999, with the aim of making aid more ...

Reform of International Institution

towards a Commonwealth Agenda

Elaborated by Commonwealth Secretariat. In today's world, responses to global challenges can only be achieved by collective debate and action. A coordinated response is required to achieve satisfactory and sustainable outcomes, however, international institutions are no longer placed to support an adequate response to ...

Fairer fishing?

the impact on developing countries of the european community regulation on illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries

Auts. Martin Tsamenyi...[et.al]. This Economic Paper considers the likely effects on African, Caribbean and Pacific countries of the European Union's Directive on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, planned to be implemented from 2010. It will be difficult for developing countries to ...

Global rice and agricultural trade liberalisation

poverty and welfare omplications for South Asia

Rice has long been one of the most protected commodities in world trade. Now the probable significant liberalisation of trade in rice is likely to have huge welfare implications for many countries dependent on its production and trade, particularly those in South Asia. This book ...

Labour markets in small developing States

Ed. Andrew S. Downes. Recent studies of the economic growth and development process have emphasised the critical role of human development. For small developing countries the existence of limited natural resources means that emphasis must be placed on human resources development (HRD) in national development ...

Quantifying aid for trade

a case study of Tanzania

Efforts to boost international trade as a means to foster economic growth, known as Aid for Trade, have become an important issue for both aid donors and recipients. However, significant ambiguity remains regarding what is and what is not Aid for Trade. Given the high ...

Financing local government

Aut. Nick Devas...[et al]. Decentralisation is now taking place in the public administrations of most countries of the world. A critical determinant of the effective performance of local governments is finance - their ability to both mobilise financial resources and to use those resources effectively ...

A manual of international dispute resolution

An overview of international dispute resolution and settlement, especially in the fields of trade and commerce, investment and intellectual property. The author looks at five key topics: supranational disputes suprational dispute resolution bodies, international commercial dispute resolution, institutions concerned with dispute resolution in international trade ...

The commonwealth banking and offshore Almanac 2002/3

Financing for development

perspectives ans issues

Gender budgets make cents

understanding gender responsive budgets

Internation tax competition

Globalisation and Fiscal Sovereignty

International tax competition has como to the forefront of global economic policy debate at the outset of the 21st Century. The importance of taxation regimes as an essential factor in driving economic growth, investment inflows and national development has increasingly been recognised. However, there also ...

Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries

A Handbook of Commowealth Experiences.

Delivering the Monterrey consensus

Which consensus?

Managing resources for development