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BL
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802411
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b622482
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
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Economic development in Africa : : doubling aid : making the "big push" work.\ United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
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| Publication Statement
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New York: United Nations, 2006
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(vi, 101 pages) : color illustrations
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| ISBN
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1429497491
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: 9211127025
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: 9781429497497
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: 9789211127027
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At head of title: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva.; "UNCTAD/GDS/AFRICA/2006/1"--Title page verso.; "United Nations publication sales No. E.06. II. D.10"--Title page verso.
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| Contents
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Aid to Africa: Aid in an historical perspective ; Some summary statistics ; Africa's aid requirements --; The "big push" revisited --; Putting aid to work : issues at stake: Absorptive capacities ; Aid delivery --; Rethinking the aid architecture for Africa: Market versus planning approaches ; Lessons from the Marshall Plan ; Elements of a new architecture ; Some unresolved architectural details.
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| Abstract
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"Examines how the commitment by the international community to double aid to Africa might place the continent on a sustainable development path. The central message of the report is that, if this commitment is to translate into big reductions in poverty and lasting gains in economic welfare, new thinking is required to tackle the unbalanced state of the international aid system. The report identifies the flaws in the existing system, such as high transaction costs, politicization, lack of transparency, incoherence, unpredictability, and excessive demands placed on the weak institutions of recipients."--Publisher's highlights.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS -- Government Business.
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Economic assistance -- Africa.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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HC800.U558 2006
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
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