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The State of REDD+ Finance - Working Paper 378
Marigold Norman
and
Smita Nakhooda
September 16, 2014
This paper presents a thorough synthesis of available data to illuminate the current global state of finance for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+). It adds to a growing body of work that seeks to understand the size and composition of finance for REDD+ initiatives, as we...
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Show Them the Money
Frances Seymour
September 16, 2014
Denizens of Climate World are gearing up for the “Climate Summit” being hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in New York on September 23rd.  The Summit is designed to elicit “bold commitments to action” from leaders of government, business, finance and civil societ...
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Snakes on a Log Frame: Cobra Effects and Payment by Results
Theodore Talbot
and
Owen Barder
August 08, 2014
Administrators in colonial-era Delhi, the story goes, had a problem. The growing capital city bordered agricultural land, bringing more people into occasionally deadly contact with a subcontinental rogues gallery that included cobras and banded kraits.
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The Anatomy of Program-for-Results: An Approach to Results-Based Aid - Working Paper 374
Alan Gelb
and
Nabil Hashmi
July 15, 2014
The World Bank’s new Program for Results (PforR) instrument is only the third instrument approved by its Board and the first to directly link disbursements to results.