Development and
Cooperation

Hintergrund

Aid effectiveness debate

Demanding democratic ownership

A call for democratic ownership of development programmes

Global governance

“To save us from hell”

The lasting lecagy of UN General-Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld 50 years after his death

Gender policies

The odds against women

Nigerian trade unions promote gender justice, though not with much bite

PEGNet

Stimulating exchange

The Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network and its annual conferences

Class divides

Wealthy maids

Some domestic helpers in Brazil make good money

Good governance

Tricky benchmarking

The challenge of assessing measures designed to promote better governance

Social protection

Consistently inconsistent

Internationally, cash transfer programmes are accepted as important means to fight poverty

Public Finance

“Taxes don’t bother investors much”

Why investors do not worry much about developing countries’ tax rates

Central Asia

In the shadow of Afghanistan

The precarious socio-economic situation is undermining stability in Central Asia

Taxation

Trust in the state

A good tax system promotes people’s trust in the state

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