At the #rd HLF, the Parallel Civil Society Forum highlighted the fundamental issues thaht concern CSOs in developing countries. This is the CSO's concluding statement, written by Reality of Aid (Roa).

There is a consensus in the international community that rural electrification and, in particular, the productive use of electricity contributes to poverty alleviation. At the same time, efforts to evaluate the impacts of development projects have increased substantially. This paper provides a...

The paper examines impact of two water supply and sanitation projects in rural Pakistan in improving access to water supply and sanitation and on health, education, and labour supply based on a household survey of 1300 project and 1300 comparison households. The impact was estimated using...