Aid harmonisation

The Paris Declaration (PD) was long overdue. The predominance of conditionality in the aid environment has been harmful in its impeding of internal state building; its insistence on specific econom...

In the context of FRIDE's research project entitled "Donor harmonisation: Between effectiveness and democratisation", this paper presents the analytical and conceptual framework that...

Since 2004, Spanish development cooperation has undergone rapid reform. Spain has increased development funding in an unprecedented manner. Based on the 2004 Government plans, this report documents...

There has been a huge increase in the amount of money available to fight AIDs thanks to the Global Fund and the United States President’s Emergency Plan. However, there is a widespread percep...

This paper argues that the processes that shape the aid environment - the approaches to development - are inherently problematic. It claims that the existing incentive structure does...

Aid delivery is inherently political. In the context of increasing aid flows and greater donor coordination, how will aid interact with local political forces? This paper looks at a range of recent...

Many traditional aid recipient countries have recently also become donors of development aid, including China, India, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and Thailand. This brief argues that the establish...

Donor funding for HIV/AIDS has skyrocketed in the last decade: from US$ 300 million in 1996 to US$ 8.9 billion in 2006; yet, little is understood about how these resources are being spent. This pap...

The European Union is the world's major source of development aid, providing € 46.9 billion (56.67%) of total official development assistance (ODA) to 160 countries. This overview presents the...