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Effective development assistance: a guide to aid instruments
Effective development assistance: a guide to aid instruments
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HLSP Institute, UK, 2005
This CD-Rom, produced by the HLSP provides a structured overview of the key aid instrument and development assistance issues. The CD has five modules covering:
- the development context: poverty, the architecture of international aid, the Millennium Development Goals, Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers;
- aid instruments such as projects, sector-wide approaches and direct budget support, exploring their pros and cons, and considering when and where each is applicable;
- practical issues such as partnership working, fiduciary risk, procurement and monitoring.
Designed for self-directed learning, the CD-Rom enables users to work at their own pace, or to move rapidly through familiar sections. The CD-Rom also contains exercises, a bibliography and a series of key web links.
