Emerging Africa
Steven Radelet
Emerging Africa describes the too-often-overlooked positive changes that have taken place in much of Africa since the mid-1990s. In 17 countries, five fundamental and sustained breakthroughs are making old assumptions increasingly untenable: The rise of democracy brought on by the end of the Cold War and apartheid Stronger economic management The end of the debt crisis and a more constructive relationship with the international community The introduction of new technologies, especially mobile phones and the Internet The emergence of a new generation of leaders.With these significant changes, the countries of emerging Africa seem poised to lead the continent out of the conflict, stagnation, and dictatorships of the past. The countries discussed in the book are Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Ghana, Lesotho, Mali Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Principe, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
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- ISBN: 9781933286518
- Publication Date: Sep 2010
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Cash on Delivery
Nancy Birdsall
Foreign aid has no shortage of critics. Some argue that it undermines development and inherently does more harm than good; others insist that aid must be seriously reformed to work properly. Cash on Delivery (COD) Aid proposes serious reform to make aid work well by forcing accountability, aligning the objectives of funders and recipients, and sharing information about what works.Public and private aid can improve lives in poor countries, but the willingness of taxpayers and private funders to finance aid programs depends more than ever on showing results. COD Aid is a funding mechanism that hinges on results. At its core is a contract between funders and recipients that stipulates a fixed payment for each unit of confirmed progress toward an agreed-upon goal. Once the contract is struck, the funder takes a hands-off approach, allowing the recipient the freedom and responsibility to achieve the goal on its own. Payment is made only after progress toward the goal is independently verified by a third party. At all steps, a COD Aid program is remarkably transparent: the contract, the amount of progress made, and the payment are disseminated publicly to highlight the credibility of the arrangement and improve accountability to the public. COD Aid is a new approach to foreign aid, but one that complements other aid programs and would ultimately encourage funders and recipients to use existing resources more efficiently.Cash On Delivery Aid: A New Approach to Foreign Aid explains the approach in detail and investigates its application in one sector: education. More specifically, the authors show how foreign aid agencies could use COD Aid to help developing countries achieve universal primary school education. The example illustrates how to deal with potential challenges of the approachchallenges that are no greater than those of traditional aidand includes model term sheets for contracts that could be used for any COD Aid agreement.
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- ISBN: 9781933286600
- Publication Date: Apr 2011
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Oil to Cash
Todd Moss
What should a country do if it suddenly discovers oil and gas? How should it spend the subsequent cash windfall? How can it protect against corruption? How can citizens truly benefit from national wealth? With many of the world's poorest and most fragile states suddenly joining the ranks of oil and gas producers, these are pressing policy questions. Oil to Cash explores one option that may help avoid the so-called resource curse: just give the money directly to citizens. A universal, transparent, and regular cash transfer would not only provide a concrete benefit to regular people, but would also create powerful incentives for citizens to hold their government accountable. Oil to Cash details how and where this idea could work and how policymakers can learn from the experiences with cash transfers in places like Mexico, Mongolia, and Alaska.
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- ISBN: 9781933286693
- Publication Date: Jun 2015
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Electrical System Designing Made Simple
Rajiv Shankar
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- ISBN: 9788130923277
- Publication Date: Aug 2015
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Enzymes and Enzyme Technology
Anil Kumar
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- ISBN: 9788130927503
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Gas Turbine Propulsion
D. P. Mishra
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- ISBN: 9788130927527
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Biostatistics
Manju Pandey
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- ISBN: 9788130927534
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Advanced Process Biotechnology
Satya Narayan Mukhopadhyay
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- ISBN: 9788130929552
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Applied Physics
S. L. Kakani
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- ISBN: 9788130929774
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Einstein and the Special Theory of Relativity
Ajoy Ghatak
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- ISBN: 9788130929798
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Materials Science and Engineering
G. S. Upadhyaya
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- ISBN: 9788130929859
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Mechanics
S.L. Kakani
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- ISBN: 9788130929873
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Principles of Biomechanics
Subrata Pal
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- ISBN: 9788130929910
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Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates
R.K. Saxena
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- ISBN: 9788130930008
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Principles of Physical Metallurgy
Abhijit Mallick
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- ISBN: 9788130931470
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Problems and Solutions in Electromagnetics
Ajoy Ghatak
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- ISBN: 9788130931784
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Environmental Science and Management
Abhijit Mallick
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- ISBN: 9788130932101
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Protein Purification
K. S. Dayananda
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- ISBN: 9788130932118
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Principles of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Mathew George
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- ISBN: 9788130932132
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Energy Auditing in Electrical Utilities
Rajiv Shankar
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- ISBN: 9788130932149
- Publication Date: Aug 2015
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