Re: bilateral development assistance

[Marcus Schaper]

Check out: Hicks, Robert L., Bradley C. Parks, J. Timmons Roberts,  
and Michael J. Tierney. 2008. Greening aid? Understanding the  
environmental impact of development assistance. Oxford; New York:  
Oxford University Press.


Also Susan Park's and Tamar Gutner's work. There is a fairly recent  
(2005) special issue on the bank: Journal of International Relations  
and Development 8 (2)


Best,
Marcus

Marcus Schaper
Visiting Assistant Professor
Political Science Department
Reed College
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR 97202
(503) 517-7885 (voice)
(208) 979-0736 (fax)
scha...@reed.edu

On Mar 29, 2009, at 11:51 AM, Leslie Wirpsa wrote:


One good NGO source is the Bank Information Center:
http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx
I personally know a couple of people who have worked there who have  
been in the ranks of Ph.D./NGO crossovers -- and I have found value  
in the centers work.




> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:11:04 -0500
> From: mamck...@duke.edu
> To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
> Subject: bilateral development assistance
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I am putting together an individualized study program for a  
student who
> will soon be off on a Fulbright and I need guidance on good  
readings for a

> fairly narrow topic.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1. Can anyone suggest any material that reviews the last ten  
years of
> World Bank activity (concrete activity, projects, and results,  
not position
> or policy statements), perhaps in the way that Robert Wade did a  
decade ago
> in his evaluation of the greening of the bank? What I have seen  
with more
> recent publication dates does not really incorporate enough  
empirical
> evidence about actual results to constitute a comprehensive  
review of
> performance, and I am just wondering if anyone knows of something  
that is

> fairly up to date AND fairly comprehensive.
>
> 2. Does anyone know of (fairly recent) material on the environmental
> consequences of bilateral development assistance (as opposed to
> multilateral assistance)? I would not expect to see much difference
> between bilateral and multilateral overall, but differences among  
donor
> nations in foreign policy goals and in the domestic politics of  
aid suggest
> that there may actually be variety among bilateral programs that  
could

> offer contrast with multilateral activity.
>
> Thanks very much in advance for your suggestions. I will compile  
them and

> post in a consolidated form.
>
> Meg McKean
> Duke University
>
>

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[Maria Ivanova]

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Re: bilateral development assistance

[Ruba Marshood]

Hey Meg!! Nice to hear from you. :)

Not sure if this is what your student is looking for, but MIT's Poverty
Action Lab seems like a great program and resource - it conducts randomized
studies to review the effects/impacts/successes of aid.
http://www.povertyactionlab.org/

good luck!
ruba

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:11 AM,  wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I am putting together an individualized study program for a student who
> will soon be off on a Fulbright and I need guidance on good readings for a
> fairly narrow topic.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1.  Can anyone suggest any material that reviews the last ten years of
> World Bank activity (concrete activity, projects, and results, not position
> or policy statements), perhaps in the way that Robert Wade did a decade ago
> in his evaluation of the greening of the bank?  What I have seen with more
> recent publication dates does not really incorporate enough empirical
> evidence about actual results to constitute a comprehensive review of
> performance, and I am just wondering if anyone knows of something that is
> fairly up to date AND fairly comprehensive.
>
> 2.  Does anyone know of (fairly recent) material on the environmental
> consequences of bilateral development assistance (as opposed to multilateral
> assistance)?  I would not expect to see much difference between bilateral
> and multilateral overall, but differences among donor nations in foreign
> policy goals and in the domestic politics of aid suggest that there may
> actually be variety among bilateral programs that could offer contrast with
> multilateral activity.
>
> Thanks very much in advance for your suggestions.  I will compile them and
> post in a consolidated form.
>
> Meg McKean
> Duke University
>
>
>

RE: bilateral development assistance

[Leslie Wirpsa]

One good NGO source is the Bank Information Center:
http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx
I personally know a couple of people who have worked there who have been in the 
ranks of Ph.D./NGO crossovers -- and I have found value in the centers work.



> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:11:04 -0500
> From: mamck...@duke.edu
> To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
> Subject: bilateral development assistance
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> I am putting together an individualized study program for a student who 
> will soon be off on a Fulbright and I need guidance on good readings for a 
> fairly narrow topic.
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> 1.  Can anyone suggest any material that reviews the last ten years of 
> World Bank activity (concrete activity, projects, and results, not position 
> or policy statements), perhaps in the way that Robert Wade did a decade ago 
> in his evaluation of the greening of the bank?  What I have seen with more 
> recent publication dates does not really incorporate enough empirical 
> evidence about actual results to constitute a comprehensive review of 
> performance, and I am just wondering if anyone knows of something that is 
> fairly up to date AND fairly comprehensive.
> 
> 2.  Does anyone know of (fairly recent) material on the environmental 
> consequences of bilateral development assistance (as opposed to 
> multilateral assistance)?  I would not expect to see much difference 
> between bilateral and multilateral overall, but differences among donor 
> nations in foreign policy goals and in the domestic politics of aid suggest 
> that there may actually be variety among bilateral programs that could 
> offer contrast with multilateral activity.
> 
> Thanks very much in advance for your suggestions.  I will compile them and 
> post in a consolidated form.
> 
> Meg McKean
> Duke University
> 
> 

Re: Copenhagen & Kyoto for Kids??

[Miranda Schreurs]

Dear Rich,


The Freie Universität in cooperation with a number of other European 
Universities has launched a program called Schools at Universities for 
Climate and Energy (SAUCE). It is an effort to teach 5th and 6th graders 
about climate change by bringing them in to universities for intensive 
child-friendly learning about climate change. 
http://www.schools-at-university.eu/project/index.html. Annette Piening 
and Karola Braun-Wanke organized the event that we held here for 2000 
plus kids a few weeks ago. They may have some nice ideas to share with you.



Best,

Miranda Schreurs



Wallace, Richard schrieb:


Hi all,

Today a daughter of a friend asked me for information on Kyoto and – 
more importantly – what is being planned for Copenhagen this December. 
She is a fourth-grader and is undertaking a social action-related 
project to help educate her classmates about climate policy. Among 
other things, she is working on a letter to President Obama, to be 
signed by as many kids in her school as she can get, advocating for 
specific changes to the current Kyoto-based policy regime.


So, my question: does anyone know of kid-oriented resources that 
actually address the complexities of Copenhagen?


Thanks!

Cheers,

Rich

--

Richard L. Wallace, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Chair

Environmental Studies Program

Ursinus College

P.O. Box 1000

Collegeville, PA 19426

(610) 409-3730

(610) 409-3660 fax

rwall...@ursinus.edu 

Copenhagen & Kyoto for Kids??

[Wallace, Richard]

Hi all,

 

Today a daughter of a friend asked me for information on Kyoto and -
more importantly - what is being planned for Copenhagen this December.
She is a fourth-grader and is undertaking a social action-related
project to help educate her classmates about climate policy. Among other
things, she is working on a letter to President Obama, to be signed by
as many kids in her school as she can get, advocating for specific
changes to the current Kyoto-based policy regime. 

 

So, my question: does anyone know of kid-oriented resources that
actually address the complexities of Copenhagen?

 

Thanks!

 

Cheers,

 

Rich 

 

--

 

Richard L. Wallace, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Chair

Environmental Studies Program

Ursinus College

P.O. Box 1000

Collegeville, PA 19426

(610) 409-3730

(610) 409-3660 fax

rwall...@ursinus.edu   

 

 

bilateral development assistance

[mamckean]

Hi folks,

I am putting together an individualized study program for a student who 
will soon be off on a Fulbright and I need guidance on good readings for a 
fairly narrow topic.


Two questions:

1.  Can anyone suggest any material that reviews the last ten years of 
World Bank activity (concrete activity, projects, and results, not position 
or policy statements), perhaps in the way that Robert Wade did a decade ago 
in his evaluation of the greening of the bank?  What I have seen with more 
recent publication dates does not really incorporate enough empirical 
evidence about actual results to constitute a comprehensive review of 
performance, and I am just wondering if anyone knows of something that is 
fairly up to date AND fairly comprehensive.


2.  Does anyone know of (fairly recent) material on the environmental 
consequences of bilateral development assistance (as opposed to 
multilateral assistance)?  I would not expect to see much difference 
between bilateral and multilateral overall, but differences among donor 
nations in foreign policy goals and in the domestic politics of aid suggest 
that there may actually be variety among bilateral programs that could 
offer contrast with multilateral activity.


Thanks very much in advance for your suggestions.  I will compile them and 
post in a consolidated form.


Meg McKean
Duke University