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92. The Carter Center News, July-December 2002
- Publication Date:
- 12-2002
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Carter Center
- Abstract:
- Building hope is the ultimate goal of the Carter Center's mission to wage peace and fight disease worldwide. We empower people to take control of their own problems by sharing with them the knowledge they need to build a more positive future.
- Topic:
- Democratization and Human Welfare
- Political Geography:
- Africa, South America, and Caribbean
93. Africa Policy Outlook 2001
- Publication Date:
- 01-2001
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Africa Policy Information Center
- Abstract:
- By the end of the year 2000, a peace treaty between Ethiopia and Eritrea, peaceful transfers of power after elections in Senegal and Ghana, and continued growth of public debate about the future in almost every African country were among signs of advance in a year that was more than usually short of good news. Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa was estimated to climb to 2.7 percent for the year, up from 2.1 percent in 1999. Per capita income in the region south of the Sahara rose by an estimated two tenths of one percent. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced debt reduction packages of $34 billion for 22 countries, including 18 in Africa.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Debt, Development, Diplomacy, and Human Welfare
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Ethiopia, Senegal, Eritrea, and Ghana
94. Explaining Leakage of Public Funds
- Author:
- Ritva Reinikka and Jakob Svensson
- Publication Date:
- 12-2001
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- United Nations University
- Abstract:
- Using panel data from an unique survey of public primary schools in Uganda we assess the degree of leakage of public funds in education. The survey data reveal that on average, during the period 1991-95, schools received only 13 percent of what the central government contributed to the schools' non-wage expenditures. The bulk of the allocated spending was either used by public officials for purposes unrelated to education or captured for private gain (leakage). Moreover we find that resource flows and leakages are endogenous to school characteristics. Rather than being passive recipients of flows from government, schools use their bargaining power vis-à-vis other parts of government to secure greater shares of funding. Resources are therefore not necessarily allocated according to the rules underlying government budget decisions, with potential equity and efficiency implications.
- Topic:
- Education, Government, and Human Welfare
- Political Geography:
- Uganda and Africa
95. On the Choice of Appropriate Development Strategy: Insights from CGE Modelling of the Mozambican Economy
- Author:
- Finn Tarp and Tarp Jensen Henning
- Publication Date:
- 12-2001
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- United Nations University
- Abstract:
- This paper makes use of a 1997 computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyse three potential strategies that Mozambique can pursue unilaterally with a view to initiating a sustainable development process. They include (i) an agriculture-first strategy, (ii) an agricultural-development led industrialization (ADLI) strategy, and (iii) a primary-sector export-oriented strategy. The ADLI strategy dominates the other development strategies since important synergy effects in aggregate welfare arise from including key agro-industry sectors into the agriculture-first development strategy. Moreover, the ADLI strategy can be designed so it has a relatively strong impact on the welfare of the poorest poverty-stricken households, and still maintain the politically sensitive factorial distribution of income.
- Topic:
- Agriculture, Development, and Human Welfare
- Political Geography:
- Africa
96. HIV/AIDS as a Security Issue
- Publication Date:
- 06-2001
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- International Crisis Group
- Abstract:
- It is projected that, at current rates, more than 100 million people worldwide will have been infected with HIV by 2005. Where the epidemic has hit hardest, Sub-Saharan Africa, experts believe AIDS will eventually kill one in four adults. Seven countries already have adult prevalence rates above 20 per cent of the population.
- Topic:
- Conflict Prevention, International Relations, Security, and Human Welfare
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Russia, China, Europe, India, Asia, and Southeast Asia
97. The Coming Apathy: Africa Policy Under a Bush Administration
- Author:
- Salih Booker
- Publication Date:
- 12-2000
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Africa Policy Information Center
- Abstract:
- "There's got to be priorities," George W. Bush responded when asked about Africa in the second presidential campaign debate. Africa did not make his short list: the Middle East, Europe, the Far East, and the Americas. A Bush presidency portends a return to the blatantly anti-African policies of the Reagan-Bush years, characterized by a general disregard for black people and a perception of Africa as a social welfare case. Vice President Dick Cheney is widely expected to steer the younger Bush on most policy matters especially foreign affairs. Cheney's perspective on Africa in the 1980s was epitomized by his 1986 vote in favor of keeping Nelson Mandela in prison and his consistent opposition to sanctions against apartheid South Africa.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Development, and Human Welfare
- Political Geography:
- Africa, United States, and South Africa
98. HIV/AIDS and Failed Development
- Author:
- Joe Collins and Bill Rau
- Publication Date:
- 03-2000
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Africa Policy Information Center
- Abstract:
- HIV/AIDS continues to cut into the fabric of African households and societies. It is not uncommon to hear that a quarter to a third of the adult population in several african countries are HIV infected. Against this reality of a rapidly spreading epidemic, some two decades of prevention interventions have met with but limited success. Whatever successes there might be are not to be lightly dismissed. The reasons for those successes, however, are not well understood and thus not readily applicable elsewhere. To date, most prevention efforts have focused on increasing individual awareness about risks of transmission and promoting individual risk reduction through a variety of means.
- Topic:
- Development, Human Welfare, and Third World
- Political Geography:
- Africa
99. Aftermath: Women and Women's Organizations In Postgenocide Rwanda
- Author:
- Michael Hopps
- Publication Date:
- 12-2000
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- United States Agency for International Development
- Abstract:
- IN A 100-DAY PERIOD during 1994, more than 500,000 people in the central African nation of Rwanda were massacred. The killings were carried out not by a foreign power and not with weapons of mass destruction. Rather, 1 of every 15 Rwandans was murdered—by other Rwandans. The killers used bullets, machetes, and clubs.
- Topic:
- Civil Society, Education, Gender Issues, Genocide, Human Welfare, and Politics
- Political Geography:
- Africa