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The topic of this Wiki is the analysis of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafis LSE Thesis:

THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE DEMOCRATISATION OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS

for any plagiaristic content.

You can find the thesis here: http://saifalislam.ly/files/2010/06/19ca14e7ea6328a42e0eb13d585e4c22.pdf

Identified Instances of Plagiarism

1. Thesis Page 52, Line 1

Local government must develop transparent and accountable systems that enable grassroots communities to have access to the information they need to perform effective monitoring.

Source: Civil Society and Gobal Finance by Jan Aart Scholte and Albrecht Schnabel, Page 61
(link to plagiarised passage)

2. Thesis Page 52, Line 4

The IMF cannot be blamed directly for all of the problems with the way PRSPs have been developed in particular countries; however, the fact that creating and implementing a PRSP has become a key mechanism for securing IMF finance means that these failures in the PRSP process take on an importance far beyond the problems with citizen participation in policy-making in those countries that are not subject to conditionality, e.g., the UK. The use of conditionality to enforce PRSPs makes the normal democratic process—whereby policies, once put in a plan by government, are subsequently scrutinised, changed and sometimes reversed—difficult, if not impossible, and is therefore fundamentally anti-democratic.

Source: Denying democracy: How the IMF and World Bank take power from people, Page 22

While the IFIs cannot be blamed directly for all of the problems with the way PRSPs have been developed in particular countries, the fact that
creating and implementing a PRSP has become a key mechanism for securing IFI finance means that these failures in the PRSP process take
on an importance way beyond the problems with citizen participation in policy-making in countries not subject to conditionality (eg, the UK). The
use of conditionality to enforce PRSPs makes the normal democratic process – whereby policies, once put in a plan by government, are subsequently scrutinised, changed and sometimes reversed – difficult if not impossible and is therefore fundamentally anti-democratic.

3. Thesis Page 44, Line 14

The IMF is the referee and, when the need arises, rescuer of the world’s financial system. It was established to supervise the newly-established fixed-exchange-rate system. After this collapsed in 1971–73, the IMF became more involved with its member countries’ economic policies, advising on fiscal policy and monetary policy as well as microeconomic changes such as privatisation, of which it became a forceful advocate. In the 1980s it played a leading part in addressing the problems of developing countries’ mounting debt. More recently it has several times coordinated and helped to finance assistance to countries with a currency crisis.

Source: Essential economics: an A-Z guide By Matthew Bishop
(link to start of plagiarised passage, end of passage)

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 : While the IFIs cannot be blamed directly for all of the problems with the way PRSPs have been developed in particular countries, the fact that<br />creating and implementing a PRSP has become a key mechanism for securing IFI finance means that these failures in the PRSP process take<br />on an importance way beyond the problems with citizen participation in policy-making in countries not subject to conditionality (eg, the UK). The<br />use of conditionality to enforce PRSPs makes the normal democratic process – whereby policies, once put in a plan by government, are subsequently scrutinised, changed and sometimes reversed – difficult if not impossible and is therefore fundamentally anti-democratic.
+:
+. Thesis Page 44, Line 14
+: The IMF is the referee and, when the need arises, rescuer of the world’s financial system. It was established to supervise the newly-established fixed-exchange-rate system. After this collapsed in 1971–73, the IMF became more involved with its member countries’ economic policies, advising on fiscal policy and monetary policy as well as microeconomic changes such as privatisation, of which it became a forceful advocate. In the 1980s it played a leading part in addressing the problems of developing countries’ mounting debt. More recently it has several times coordinated and helped to finance assistance to countries with a currency crisis.
+Source: ''Essential economics: an A-Z guide'' By Matthew Bishop<br />
+([http://books.google.com/books?id=PwnTNXovIS8C&lpg=PA157&ots=Wfg8c9Rn9e&dq=The%20IMF%20is%20the%20referee%20and%2C%20when%20the%20need%20arises%2C%20rescuer%20of%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20financial%20system.%20It%20was%20established%20to%20supervise%20the%20newly-established%20fixed-exchange-rate%20system.&pg=PA157#v=onepage&q=%22need%20arises,%20rescuer%20of%20the%20world's%22&f=false link to start of plagiarised passage], [http://books.google.com/books?id=PwnTNXovIS8C&lpg=PA157&ots=Wfg8c9Rn9e&dq=The%20IMF%20is%20the%20referee%20and%2C%20when%20the%20need%20arises%2C%20rescuer%20of%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20financial%20system.%20It%20was%20established%20to%20supervise%20the%20newly-established%20fixed-exchange-rate%20system.&pg=PA158#v=onepage&q=%22countries%20with%20a%20currency%20crisis%22&f=false end of passage])
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