ISSUE 40: NOVEMBER
2005-FEBRUARY 2006
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WIDER conference on aid set for June 16-17
UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) is calling for papers to be presented at its international conference on Aid: Principles, Policies and Performance to be held June 16-17 in Helsinki.
The conference will give policymakers and researchers from the academic, government and development communities the opportunity to evaluate the historic performance of aid and to assess the future in light of recent events such as the post-Monterrey consensus to substantially increase aid to meet the Millennium Development Goals, recent initiatives from donors and the ongoing focus on Africa.
Conference topics will include:
- aid and poverty reduction
- aid and growth/aid effectiveness
- aid and the public sector
- linking aid effectiveness and aid allocation together
- new sources of finance and development aid
- aid to Africa (NEPAD; Commission for Africa)
- new regionalism and development aid
- aid to countries emerging from conflict
- aid modalities and aid heterogeneity
- funding disaster recovery
- increasing aid: absorptive capacity issues, Dutch-disease effects
- aid volatility and aid predictability
- coordinating development aid
- aid architecture and global economic governance
- aid, governance and fragility
Those wishing to present a paper can submit a copy or detailed abstract with a short CV. All applications to participate must be received by February 28.
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