scholarly journals Guinea- Bissau

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (214) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Political Instability ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Institutional Capacity ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

Political instability has limited the development of Guinea-Bissau’s institutional capacity. For example, tensions between the President and the leadership of the country’s largest political party led to six changes of government between the 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections. Previous IMF capacity development reports, ECF program reviews staff reports, and other diagnosis undertaken by the World Bank and the European Union have pointed to structural governance weaknesses and proposed corrective measures, in some cases, similar to those highlighted in this report. Regrettably, traction has been limited.

scholarly journals FOREWORD

10.26458/1710 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Elena Gurgu
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
World Bank ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
Growing Economy ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Eu

After a year in which Romania achieved the fastest growing economy in the European Union, 2017 comes with a unique set of challenges.In 2016, the economy was the main driver of consumption and economic analysts expect it to slow down, while prices will increase. The government estimated an increase of 5% for the Romanian economy in 2017, but the World Bank warns that this could be too optimistic and expects an advance of only 3.4% of the economy. However, growth remains above the EU average, which is why 2017 could be a year at least as good as 2016. ...

Reproducing Dependency

2011 ◽  
pp. 599-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haluk Geray ◽  
Funda Basaran Özdemir
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
Dependency Relations

Although many critical scholars in the West have acknowledged the unequal distribution of power across the globe, few have attempted to undertake systematic research on how countries in the periphery are drawn into the neo liberal project of globalization under the discourse of Knowledge Based Economy (KBE) and how this process effects policy formation regarding ICTs. The purpose of this chapter is to analyze Knowledge Based Economy (KBE)/Information Society (IS) discourses in constructing global dependency relations on ICT policies within the context of Turkey. These dependency relations have many aspects including a discursive one. In this study, the focus will be on policy documents to better understand the overall discourse, social processes and structures which have been reflected in, represented and constructed or constituted by this discourse to theorize and transform. Four documents were selected as representing the hegemonic center, one produced by the World Bank and three policy documents from the European Union. Additionally three documents which represent the Turkey context were selected. Upon examination two documents were found to be counter hegemonic and the other supported the hegemonic visions of the World Bank and the European Union. Turkey has signed a number of stand-by agreements with the IMF/World Bank due to economic crisis over the last twenty years and Turkey’s bid to become a full member of the European Union necessitated alignment of legal infrastructure and domestic policies. The chapter also explains how the dependent discourses reversed ICT and network policy formation based on local capabilities and local needs.

scholarly journals The Normative Distinctiveness of the European Union in International Development: Stepping Out of the Shadow of the World Bank?

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Orbie ◽  
Sarah Delputte ◽  
Fabienne Bossuyt ◽  
Petra Debusscher ◽  
Karen Del Biondo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
International Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

scholarly journals Central African Republic

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (216) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Armed Groups ◽  
Peace Agreement ◽  
Strong Interest ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

President Touadéra signed a new peace agreement on February 6, 2019 with 14 armed groups. This agreement calls for the establishment of an inclusive government, the deployment of joint brigades, an acceleration of decentralization efforts, and the co-management of natural resources. While its implementation has started, including with the appointment of more inclusive government, the security situation remains volatile. The World Bank (WB) and the European Union (EU) have substantially increased their budgetary support (grants) for 2019–20. The authorities have expressed a strong interest in a successor arrangement.

scholarly journals New Forms of Government and the Europenisation of Minority Representation: the Case of European Roma

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Ionuţ Marian Anghel
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Majority Population ◽  
The World ◽  
The One

The situation of roma since the fall of socialism is a paradox. On the one hand, many organizations, international governing organizations (IGOs), such as the European Union (Council of Europe, European Commission, European Parliament), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the World Bank and the United Nations (UNDP, UNICEF, ILO), local and international/transnational NGOs, government agencies are involved in projects for Roma to improve their situation in Europe. Roma have become the target of social inclusion programs of the European Union (EU), the Decade of Roma Inclusion - a project of the Open Society Foundation and the World Bank -, Strategies for improving the situation of Roma developed by governments in Southeastern Europe. On the other hand, Roma continue to be marginalized, discriminated against, politically underrepresented, with a higher probability of being unemployed, not having access to public services - education, health , housing - compared with the majority population. This paper seeks to understand how was it possible to understand the recent shift from the representation of the Roma as a non-European minority, which lasted since their arrival in Europe until the fall of socialist regimes, to their representation as an European minority as it is shown in documents of the European institutions and the World Bank? How did Roma appear on the EU social inclusion agenda, the Human Development agenda of UNDP or the minority rights agenda of OSCE?

The “Friends of the Congo” and the Kabila System

1998 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
Jean-Claude Willame
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
World Bank ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

After at least five years of international isolation— almost 10 years in Belgium’s case—the Congo (formerly Zaire) is once again “visitable.” The “friends of the Congo” conference sponsored by the World Bank last December 3-4 sanctioned the beginning of normalization. Those attending were cautious since the meeting did not take place at the ministerial level and since the only help considered urgent concerned currency, transportation, and health. The Congolese government obtained a total of $120 million, the majority from the European Union (E.U.). This represents only about 10 percent of Kinshasa’s assessed reconstruction needs. For the rest, there will be another meeting in six months.

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