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GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report: Interventions to increase levels of trust in society

Key findings It is possible to discern that interventions concerned with transforming state-society relations necessarily involve or require raising trust levels within society and/or between state-society. However, only a few of these interventions present trust-building as a central or explicit objective.In contrast, descriptions of trust deficits in fragile states abound in governance and institutional reform programme documents.It appears some development agencies treat ‘trust’ as a cross- more...

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GSDRC Applied K... on June 13, 2013

GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report: Multi-donor support mechanisms for civil society

The experience of multi-donor support mechanisms for CSOs is mixed. There are a number of potential advantages for donors engaging in pooled funding strategies, including working with donors who have a stronger presence and a track record in a particular context, and reducing transaction costs in the medium- to long- term. However, experts indicate that the difficulties of providing support to CSOs can be compounded when multiple donors are involved. There can be a tendency to 'over-manage'. more...

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GSDRC Applied K... on June 13, 2013

Co-creating a SMART Rwanda, SMART Africa and SMART World

Co-creating a SMART Rwanda, SMART Africa and SMART World

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Rwanda is steadily moving towards its vision of becoming an information-rich and knowledge-based economy and society, and an ICT hub in the region. This ambition is reflected in our Vision 2020, the subsequent mid-term economic development and poverty reduction strategy (EDPRS II), and the ICT Sector Strategic Plan 2013-2018. The World Bank has always supported us in achieving our ICT ambitions. In 2011, we successfully wrapped up the eRwanda project, for which we had received a US$10 million more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on June 13, 2013

Improving Public Contracting with Civil Society - BBL Event

Improving Public Contracting with Civil Society - BBL Event

Governments around the world spend an estimated US $ 9.5 trillion every year through contracts. Yet, contracting information is often unavailable for public scrutiny. Adding to the problems stemming from lack of transparency, the resources spent through these contracts are often poorly managed or misappropriated. Open contracting, effective disclosure and participation around how public funds are generated and spent can serve to address these challenges. The World Bank is working with more...

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D C to e-Procurement on June 13, 2013

e-DIRAP Google+ Hangout on Climate Change and ICTs

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Five panelists from five different countries will bring different perspectives on the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to address climate change challenges. The purpose of the Hangout is to: - Introduce the roles ICTs play in climate change monitoring, adaptation and mitigation - Get an update of the state of ICT deployment and innovations in addressing climate change issues - Discuss the challenges and way forward for harnessing ICTs to achieve adaptation and more...

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Christine Apikul on June 13, 2013

UK: Innovative SMEs Stifled by Lack of Funds

UK: Innovative SMEs Stifled by Lack of Funds

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Two new reports from the think tank Big Innovation Centre, have warned that the failure of banks to lend to SMEs is stifling UK's most innovative businesses

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on June 12, 2013

Women's Leadership in SMEs: Gaps and Opportunities, Elena Bardasi, The World Bank

Women's Leadership in SMEs: Gaps and Opportunities, Elena Bardasi, The World Bank

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In this video, Elena Bardasi of the World Bank summarizes her discussion of the current gaps in research on women's entrepreneurship and what opportunities look most promising.

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on June 12, 2013

SEA Change bi-weekly newsletter - 2013 06 13

SEA Change bi-weekly newsletter - 2013 06 13

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The bi-weekly newsletter looks the same as the weekly newsletter, with the only change being… you guessed right; it will be sent to you bi-weekly! Between bi-weekly newsletters you will now receive a two-page update to make sure you will not miss anything! We start this newsletter with a call for evidence by the Commonwealth Secretariat on improving frameworks for climate finance. Topic 2 showcases the Australian Evaluation Society upcoming conference. We already showcased this event, but be more...

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Dennis Bours on June 12, 2013

SEA Change bi-weekly newsletter - 2013 06 13

SEA Change bi-weekly newsletter - 2013 06 13

seachangecop.org –

The bi-weekly newsletter looks the same as the weekly newsletter, with the only change being… you guessed right; it will be sent to you bi-weekly! Between bi-weekly newsletters you will now receive a two-page update to make sure you will not miss anything! We start this newsletter with a call for evidence by the Commonwealth Secretariat on improving frameworks for climate finance. Topic 2 showcases the Australian Evaluation Society upcoming conference. We already showcased this event, more...

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Dennis Bours to Monitoring and Evaluation on June 12, 2013

Credit and the Crisis: Access to finance for innovative small firms

Credit and the Crisis: Access to finance for innovative small firms

biginnovationcentre.com –

Since the 2008 financial crisis there has been a significant tightening in credit conditions and a dramatic reduction in bank lending to small firms. Government policy – such as the new Business Bank – has been focused on addressing this problem. A consensus has emerged that access to finance to small firms is one of the key factors holding back the national economy. Yet only a minority of small firms will actually drive the economic recovery – most small firms have little impact on job more...

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on June 12, 2013

Two Spheres That Don’t Touch: The relationship between British finance and British innovation

Two Spheres That Don’t Touch: The relationship between British finance and British innovation

biginnovationcentre.com –

According to the report, between 2010 and 2012 as many as a third of SMEs said that they did not obtain any of the funding they required - that is triple the number in the period 2007-2008 just before the global economic crisis hit. The report's author, Hiba Sameen, has identified that this restriction of funds is a systemic problem which is, in turn, keeping the UK economy from growing.

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on June 12, 2013

Return on Investment: What have we gained from the New Alliance?

Return on Investment: What have we gained from the New Alliance?

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Last year's G8, hosted by the US, gave birth to the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, an initiative to increase private sector investment in agriculture. As much as anything, the New Alliance signals an emerging trend by donors to promote public-private partnerships to address key global challenges such as hunger. Fast-forward roughly a year, and tomorrow the New Alliance will celebrate an anniversary of sorts with a half day event in London which promises to take stock of progress more...

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D C on June 12, 2013

Development Evaluation in Times of Turbulence : Dealing with Crises that Endanger Our Future

Development Evaluation in Times of Turbulence : Dealing with Crises that Endanger Our Future

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"The presence of turbulence in multiple areas of our society--food, fuel, and finances-being but three critical areas presently being impacted means that long-held assumptions are no longer true, that the past is not prologue, and that the future is not clear. And enter into this unstable present the discipline of evaluation-a discipline formed and shaped in the past fifty years of stability, little turbulence, and strong assumptions that everything will go according to plan. If things do not more...

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John Daly on June 12, 2013

Making Mali’s Aid Transparent

Making Mali’s Aid Transparent

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Donors from around the world met in Brussels last month to pledge funds for war-torn Mali, following a military coup that took place in March this year and later fighting between Tuareg and Islamist rebels. International donors agreed to provide Mali with over €3 billion in aid and the European Union pledged €1.35 billion, nearly one third of the total funds promised. Public pledges of aid are only part of the story and as donors have themselves recognized, aid needs to be effective in order more...

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D C on June 12, 2013

Securing Africa's Land for Shared Prosperity: A Program to Scale up Reforms and Investments

Securing Africa's Land for Shared Prosperity: A Program to Scale up Reforms and Investments

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This is covers land administration and reform in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is highly relevant to all developing countries around the world. It provides simple practical steps to turn the hugely controversial subject of "land grabs" into a development opportunity by improving land governance to reduce the risks of dispossessing poor landholders while ensuring mutually beneficial investors' deals. This book shows how Sub Saharan Africa can leverage its abundant and highly valuable natural more...

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D C on June 12, 2013

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