Does Aid Availability Affect Effectiveness in Reducing Poverty?

This paper (Bourguignon, Platteau / May 2012) addresses the issue of the impact of aid supply on aid effectiveness. We proceed in two steps. First, we review research works that deal with the problem of governance in donor-recipient relationships and are susceptible of highlighting effects of aggregate aid availability. Second, we provide a conceptual framework… Continue reading Does Aid Availability Affect Effectiveness in Reducing Poverty?

Key Documents and Websites to follow the HLF-4

A collection of useful and key documents on Aid Effectiveness are openly available on this OECD page http://tinyurl.com/6awtvd6 to read, reproduce, quote or disseminate in view of making information on Aid Effectiveness, as well as the work of the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness. Official Event Site http://www.aideffectiveness.org/busanHLF-4/ Official OECD Site http://tinyurl.com/3zemvor UN Aid Effectiveness… Continue reading Key Documents and Websites to follow the HLF-4

Websites related to Development Effectiveness

Asian Development Bank’s MfDR Website http://www.adb.org/results ADB has just launched its new website on _Development Effectiveness and Results_. It merges content on MfDR and aid effectiveness to give users a more streamlined, easy-to-access web experience. The new site reports on what ADB is doing to achieve greater effectiveness and results, both within the institution and… Continue reading Websites related to Development Effectiveness

IDS – Impact and Aid Effectiveness: Mapping the Issues and Their Consequences

In this virtual Bulletin we bring together ten articles dating from across three decades. They all address Impact. From the outset, we note that there are a number of common threads and ideas that stretch across all the articles: The implicit emphasis of all the articles on complexity The breadth and depth of impact analysis,… Continue reading IDS – Impact and Aid Effectiveness: Mapping the Issues and Their Consequences

Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev) | Inspiring Change

Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev) | Inspiring Change. APDEv is an African-led and owned physical and virtual multi-stakeholder platform and organizing mechanism for mobilizing African policy makers and practitioners towards achieving sustainable development results. The Platform focuses on 3 inter-related themes of Aid Effectiveness and South-South Cooperation with Capacity Development as a core driver… Continue reading Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev) | Inspiring Change