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China’s aid to Africa: implications for civil society
International NGO Training and Research Centre, 2008‘China in Africa’ is a topic that arouses both concern and fascination in the development community. This paper provides an overview of China’s overseas development aid (ODA) to Africa for civil society organisations. Its scope spans Chinese aid, investment, trade and diplomatic ties. Some characteristic features of Chinese aid are:DocumentUntying the knots: how the World Bank is failing to deliver real change on conditionality
European Network on Debt and Development, 2007In the light of recent criticism that the World Bank is still attaching too many intrusive and harmful economic policy conditions to poor countries, this report assesses the effectiveness of the World Bank’s Good Practice Principles (GPPs) in reforming World Bank conditionality.DocumentTurning the tables: aid and accountability under the Paris framework
European Network on Debt and Development, 20082008 is a critical year for evaluating how aid is helping tackle global poverty and inequality. Aid donors and recipients signed up to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness in 2005 - an historic agreement to improve aid quality. This report examines what progress has been in the period 2005-2008.DocumentCompensating for climate change: principles and lessons for equitable adaptation funding
ActionAid International, 2007There are significant gaps between funds pledged and the needs of developing countries struggling to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Additionally, there has been insufficient attention to the question of which funding mechanisms are most appropriate for serving communities affected by climate change.DocumentTargeting in emergencies
United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2006Targeting is a process that spans the life of a food aid operation, not just the initial phases of identifying beneficiaries. Finding the right balance between inclusion and exclusion errors, opportunity costs and programme costs is a complex task.DocumentGender equality toolbox
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Danida, Denmark, 2008This guide aims to provide useful context on gender equality as a priority of Danish development assistance. It offers strategic directions and presents good examples of how gender programming can achieve results on the ground. Divided into six sections, it provides a quick introduction to gender mainstreaming, an overview of lessons learnt, challenges and opportunities.DocumentMutual accountability in aid effectiveness: international-level mechanisms
Oxford Policy Management, 2008This briefing note asks whether international level mechanisms function effectively in the context of aid effectiveness and accountability. It asks what can be feasibly done to strengthen their impact and draws particular attention to a recent Oxford Policy Management (OPM) study which reviewed international-level mechanisms.DocumentThe numbers behind the stories
Center for Global Development, USA, 2008This report analyses the operations of the US Government’s President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) with a particular focus on funding and data management.DocumentPeru: the kingdom of the NGO?
Fride, 2008The 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 economic programming and its forceful accountability of those in public office.DocumentA comparative study of evaluation policies and practices in development agencies
Agence française de développement, 2007This report addresses experiences and challenges in applying reform in development evaluation, and assessing solutions in development institutions.Pages