世界経済・社会統計 = World development indicators

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Development as Freedom

Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy

In the past decade, microfinance programs have demonstrated that it is possible to lend to low-income households while maintaining high repayment rates--even without requiring collateral. The programs promise a revolution in approaches to alleviating poverty and spreading financial services, and millions of poor households are served globally. A growing body of economic theory demonstrates how new contractual forms offer a key to microfinance success--particularly the use of group-lending contracts with joint liability. For the most part, however, high repayment rates have not translated into profits, and studies of impacts on poverty yield a mixed picture. In describing emerging tensions, the paper highlights the diversity of innovative mechanisms beyond group-lending contracts, the measurement of financial sustainability, the estimation of economic and social impacts, the costs and benefits of subsidization, and the potential to reduce poverty through savings programs rather than just credit. The promise of microfinance has pushed far ahead of the evidence, and an agenda is put forward for addressing critical empirical gaps and sharpening the terms of policy discussion.

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The microfinance promise

When seeking to influence firm decision making, what types of influence strategies do stakeholders have available, and what determines which type the stakeholders choose to use? In this article I use resource dependence theory to investigate these two questions. I propose that the resource relationship (who is dependent on whom) determines which of the four types of strategies identified in this article will be used: direct withholding, direct usage, indirect withholding, or indirect usage.

Stakeholder Influence Strategies

Too Close For Comfort? The Impact of Official Aid on Nongovernmental Organizations

Over the last decade, the theory that poverty in the world's poorest regions could be alleviated by providing small loans to micro-entrepreneurs has become increasingly popular. This volume examines the effectiveness of this theory when put into practice. The book presents empirical evidence drawn from comparative experiences in seven developing countries and produces some startling conclusions. This work should be essential reading for all those interested in development, poverty-reduction, social welfare and finance. Volume One provides a detailed analysis of this theory and offers policy recommendations for practitioners in the field.

Finance Against Poverty

Conceptualizing Chronic Poverty

African Wildlife and Livelihoods: The Promise and Performance of Community Conservation

Foreword T.M. Shaw Preface David Hulme, M.Edwards and N.Banks PART 1: NGOs, STATES AND DONORS: AN OVERVIEW AND KEY ISSUES 1. NGOs, States and Donors: An Overview D.Hulme and M.Edwards 2. Donors, Democratization and Civil Society: Relating Theory to Practice H.Blair 3. The State, Popular Participation and the Voluntary Sector J.Clark 4. Privatising the Voluntary Sector: NGOs as Public Service Contractors M.Robinson 5. States Without Citizens: The Problem of the Franchise State G.Wood 6. Finding Common Ground in Asia-Pacific Development H.Morales and I.Serrano PART 2: NGO-DONOR RELATIONSHIPS: WHEN YOUR HAND IS IN ANOTHER PERSON'S POCKET...? 7. Heavy Hands, Hidden Hands, Holding Hands? Donors, Intermediary NGOs and Civil Society Organisations A.Bebbington and R.Riddell 8. Appeasing the Gods of Sustainability: The Future of International NGOs in Microfinance T.Dichter 9. World Vision International and Donors: Too Close for Comfort? S.Commins 10. In Unequal Dialogue with Donors: The Experience of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement J.Perera 11. Elephant Loose in the Jungle: The World Bank and NGOs in Sri Lanka R. Hodson PART 3: NGO-STATE RELATIONSHIPS: RELUCTANT PARTNERS REVISITED? 12. The Associative Phenomenon in the Arab World: Engine of Democratization or Witness to the Crisis? M.Marzouk 13. NGO-State Relations in Post-Mao China J.Howell 14. The State-NGO Relationship: Rights, Interests and Accountability R.Wanigaratne 15. NGOs and Development in Brazil: Roles and Responsibilities in a 'New World Order' M.Bosch 16. Mice Amongst the Tigers: Adding Value in NGO-Government Relations in South East Asia R.Mawer PART 4: NGOs, THE POOR AND DISADVANTAGED: RETURNING TO THE ROOTS? 17. Between Cooption and Irrelevance? Latin American NGOs in the 1990s J.Pearce 18. Conclusion D.Hulme and M.Edwards Afterword D.Hulme, M.Edwards and N.Banks

David Hulme

Papers

Too Close For Comfort? The Impact of Official Aid on Nongovernmental Organizations

Finance Against Poverty

Conceptualizing Chronic Poverty

African Wildlife and Livelihoods: The Promise and Performance of Community Conservation

NGOs, states and donors : too close for comfort?