Scaling up aid
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- Understanding the politics of aid delivery
- ( A. de Haan;M. Everest-Phillips / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2007)
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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...
Is aid an effective way of achieving the MDGs?
- ( D. Ehrenpreis / UNDP International Poverty Centre , 2007)
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In 2005, the G8 leaders promised to double aid to Africa and the UN World Summit to increase total official development assistance (ODA) by around $ 50 bn. But are such increases in aid really what...
- Principles and practices for EU humanitarian aid
- ( EC , 2007)
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Humanitarian aid is one of the European Union’s (EU) main external policies and collectively, the EU is the world’s largest humanitarian donor. This document sets out key principles and...
- How can developing countries manage scaled-up aid flows?
- ( S. Gupta;G. Schwartz;S. Tareq / IMF Publications , 2007)
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With increasing aid entering many developing countries, there is a need for sound fiscal policy in order to manage these volatile flows. This paper reviews measures that should be taken in ord...
- Are European government inflating their aid figures?
- ( L. Hayes / European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development , 2007)
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This report provides and assessment of the European Union’s commitment to increase official development assistance. The report finds that European governments are falling short of their commi...
- How increased aid and debt cancellation can redress the health and education staffing shortfall
- ( Oxfam , 2007)
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In this briefing paper, Oxfam considers the extent of the problem of staff shortages in developing countries’ public services, and the resources and funding mechanisms required to address the...
- Proper management of increased HIV aid flows can maximise economic and welfare benefits
- ( J. Serieux / UNDP International Poverty Centre , 2006)
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This conference paper from UNDP’s International Poverty Centre is the first in a four-part series on macroeconomic policies in low-income countries that restrict the scaling up of financial r...
- European aid must not lose food security focus
- ( Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group] , 2005)
- Agriculture remains key to achieving the poverty targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa. However, agricultural growth is dropping in sub-Saharan Africa, and development aid to th...
- Is the IMF constraining low-income countries’ health spending?
- ( Center for Global Development, USA , 2006)
- Most of the recently negotiated International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes include a ceiling which limits the opportunities for countries to utilise increasing aid, including billions of dollars for...
- Managing the negative impacts of well intentioned aid
- ( P.S. Heller; M. Katz; X. Debrun; T. Thomas; T. Koranchelian; I. Adenauer / International Monetary Fund , 2006)
- The G8 countries have committed to double aid flows to developing countries by 2010. Although these funds offer great opportunities to recipient countries, aid inflows of such magnitude pose signific...
