The Rise and Fall of the "Swedish Model"

human development, poverty, empowerment

Evaluations of Balance of Payments Support:

Summaries The author argues that macroeconomic evaluations of the impact of aid still lack an established methodology. It is mentioned that when assessing the impact of economic reform programmes, the authors of the various evaluations have encountered a series of problems such as the time span which has often been too short. Very few evaluations address the issue of the extent of ‘ownership’ of the respective adjustment programmes and the degree of domestic political credibility. Potential critical areas that might be addressed in evaluations could include the following items: incentive problems related to the high marginal tax on good performance implicit in the ‘financing gap’ approach; the danger of a soft budget constraint being introduced by benevolent donors; the danger of programme aid being used to bail out bad performers year after year; and the multiple roles played by the IFI as preferred creditors, major macroeconomic advisers and coordinators of part of the bilateral aid

Poniendo fin a la violencia de genero: un llamando a la accion global para involucrar a los hombres

La violencia masculina es un problema considerable en la sociedad, que puede manifestarse bajo diferentes formas. Cuando se habla de la violencia de los hombres se la piensa muchas veces, en primer lugar, en relaciones cercanas contra las mujeres. Pero la violencia también está presente en la esfera pública, en el bar, en el trabajo y camino a la casa. Sabemos que la violencia bajo la forma de abusos o amenazas sexuales – considerada por algunos como menos grave –, está vinculada a la violencia en la forma de maltrato y violación. En el trabajo contra de la violencia de los hombres hacia las mujeres es importante tomar en consideración esta panorámica para tener éxito. En este informe escriben siete investigadore

The international development institutions and regionalism: the case of South-East Asia

Why is it that the World Bank has failed to effectively incorporate theimpact of regionalisation within its economic development strategies andpolicy advice for borrowing countries? This is an interesting puzzle given theincreasing importance that scholarly observers, policy practitioners anddevelopment agencies have attached to regionalism and regionalisation inrecent years. In the fiscal years 19952005, the World Bank provided onlyUS$1.7 billion in support for regional (or multi-country) operations acrossthe globe*/this is less than 1 percent of its project and other funding overall.In South-East Asia, while the Asian Development Bank has had aparticularly strong engagement with regionalism, the World Bank hasonly recently started to come on board with regional analysis and programs.The article proposes that the gap is due to a combination of institutional andideological factors, and explores this proposition through a study of theWorld Bank in Vietnam