http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1686 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:07:07 GMT 2013-06-19T02:07:07Z http://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk:80/retrieve/3825/CAS.gif http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1686 http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4840 Title: A commentary on the European Commission Green Paper 'The future of EU budget support to third countries' Authors: Hayman, Rachel Abstract: The Green Paper implies the need for robust entry criteria for the provision of budget support: to minimise risks of aid funds being diverted or misused, and to ensure that there is a robust partnership of trust; to mitigate the chances of the need for political conditions to be applied; and to ensure that policy and political dialogue are worthwhile. The Green Paper implies that budget support should only be provided under exceptional circumstances, with the need for conditions also to be very exceptional. The paper reflects growing nervousness about the impact and use of budget support based on 10 years and more of experience. With this the evidence available to re-evaluate the theory of budget support is growing. Description: This short paper is a contribution to a public consultation on the European Commission's green paper on budget support to third countries in December 2010. Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4840 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1842/871 Title: From Lake Nyassa to Philadelphia: a geography of the Zambesi Expedition, 1858-64 Authors: Dritsas, Lawrence Abstract: This paper is about collecting, travel and the geographies of science. At one level it examines the circumstances that led to Isaac Lea’s description in Philadelphia of six freshwater mussel shells of the family Unionidae, originally collected by John Kirk during David Livingstone’s Zambesi Expedition, 1858–64. At another level it is about how travel is necessary in the making of scientific knowledge. Following these shells from south-eastern Africa to Philadelphia via London elucidates the journeys necessary for Kirk and Lea’s scientific work to progress and illustrates that the production of what was held to be malacological knowledge occurred through collaborative endeavours that required the travel of the specimens themselves. Intermediaries in London acted to link the expedition, Kirk’s efforts and Lea’s classification across three continents and to facilitate the novel description of six species of freshwater mussel. The paper demonstrates the role of travel in the making of mid-nineteenthcentury natural history and in developing the relationships and credibility necessary to perform the research on which classifications undertaken elsewhere were based. Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1842/871 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1842/647 Title: NEPAD and South-South Development Co-operation Between Cuba and South Africa Authors: Hammett, Daniel P Abstract: This paper will address the relevance and potential of South-South development co-operation between African and non-African states within the broader principles of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). Through the consideration of one example of such co-operation between Cuba and South Africa, the benefits of such an approach to development will be shown not only to be coterminous with many of the ideals of the NEPAD, but that it supersedes this partnership by moving beyond the need to appeal to traditional donors for aid and provides a mutually beneficial aid approach. Fri, 07 Jan 2005 13:07:48 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1842/647 2005-01-07T13:07:48Z