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IMF Quota Reform: The Singapore Agreements (ARI)
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ARI 111/2006 (Translated from Spanish) - 1/12/2006
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Santiago Fernández de Lis
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This document analyses the changes in the quotas of certain countries as agreed at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Singapore in September 2006, as well as the announced changes in their method of calculation within two years
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Millennium + 5 at a Standstill
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ARI 124/2005 (Translated from Spanish) - 7.2.2006.
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Iliana Olivié
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The ‘Millennium + 5’ summit was held last September. It was hoped that the Millennium Goals would be backed more solidly and that the strategies so far implemented to reach these goals would be reviewed. However, neither the UN meeting nor the autumn meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank –held only a few days later– appear to have met the expectations of many sectors in this ‘Year of Development’.
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The Geopolitics of Tsunami Relief
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ARI 8/2005 - 20.1.2005
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Soeren Kern
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The global response to the Indian Ocean seaquake and tsunami disaster has been unprecedented. More than 50 governments and agencies have pledged some US$5 billion in aid; companies and individuals have promised another US$1.5 billion. Although this generosity will create a number of diplomatic openings, the long-term implications for international politics will be limited
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Access to Justice: Reflections on the Concept, the Theory and its Application to Latin America’s Judicial Reforms
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ARI Nº 109/2004 - 9.6.2004
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Linn Hammergren
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Access to justice has become a central theme in Latin American judicial reforms. Its apparent simplicity belies considerable ambiguity as to its precise meaning, the benefits it confers, and thus the methods whereby it is best advanced. While often interpreted as just a question of getting more people to court, for at least the last three decades observers have noted the inadequacy of this definition. Once it is discarded, the implications for programmes to enhance access are far less clear. This short essay reviews some of these issues and suggests an alternative, if not exactly easier, way of defining and operationalizing the concept
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How to achieve the Millennium Development Goals: Some Suggestions for Spanish Cooperation (ARI)
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ARI 101/2004 (Translated from Spanish) - 18/5/2004
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Clara García
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This Analysis suggests that development policies of both developing and donor countries should have a sharper focus on the MDGs, as well as on the particular characteristics of each country and population groups within each country. Such focus on the MDGs would require policies aimed at pro-poor growth and the provision of non-discriminatory social services, both of which could imply, in turn, major policy changes
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Latin America and human rights in Cuba
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ARI Nº 75/2004(Translation from Spanish) - 5.5.2004
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Carlos Malamud
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Meeting at its Geneva headquarters on April 15, the United Nations Human Rights Commission voted in favour (22 to 21, with 10 abstentions) of a resolution on the state of human rights in Cuba. Like every year, it was one of the key moments at the meeting of the Commission, which once again confronted the governments of Washington and Havana. The Latin American vote was decisive
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The Role of International Cooperation in the Decentralisation Process in Low- and Middle-income Countries
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ARI Nº 11/2004 - 28.1.2004
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Andrew Nickson
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ecentralisation has become a major priority for international development cooperation in recent years. Yet its impact has often fallen well below expectations. A more critical examination of such cooperation is necessary in order to avoid the pitfalls of the past and identify best practice for the future.However decentralisation is no panacea and the impact of national decentralisation programmes have often been disappointing
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The Arab world: the Challenges of Transition
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ARI Nº 102-2002 - 18.11.2002
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Shafeeq Ghabra
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September 11th brought all the issues of the Arab world to the stage; all the inconsistencies, the contradictions, cycles of crisis and political discourses. 9-11 and the US reactions and policies shook the Arab world. It created a dynamic and a process that is beyond our ability to stop and control.
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