Practical Aid to Libraries in Developing Countries

Health aid and governance in developing countries.

Despite anecdotal evidence that the quality of governance in recipient countries affects the allocation of international health aid, there is no quantitative evidence on the magnitude of this effect, or on which dimensions of governance influence donor decisions. We measure health-aid flows over 1995-2006 for 109 aid recipients, matching aid data with measures of different dimensions of governa...

Approaches to Corruption in the Developing Countries

This article mainly seeks to provide a framework to help us reach a better understanding of the nature, causes and grounds of increasing administrative corruption in developing countries. In this regard, the author identifies six approaches to administrative corruption and surveys issues related to the rise of corruption within these context. These approaches include cost-benefit, relative depr...

Practical Issues Related to Developing Object-oriented Numerical Libraries

In this paper a tool is presented for the development of numerical libraries for an object-oriented environment. The development of libraries has become more complicated as libraries have become larger and the subroutines have become more complex. In the object{oriented environment this development is further complicated by the object interface which usually resides between the application and ...

Planning prosthetic and orthotic programmes to aid developing countries.

At present there is a profusion of agencies and governments which send missions of prosthetics and orthotics experts into developing countries. Included are the U N , the World Rehabil i tat ion Fund , the Wor ld Heal th Organization, the Social and Rehabili tat ion Service of H E W , Public Hea l th Service, certain religious organ­ izations, H O P E ship, and perhaps others. These agencies se...

Crowding out Effect of Foreign Aid in Selected Developing Countries: Panel Data Evidence