UNU-WIDER Issues to Consider in Assessing International Support for Realizing Children's Rights
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Issues to Consider in Assessing International Support for Realizing Children’s Rights: A Reflection on Aid Modalities and Transparency in Reporting, and a Review of Aid for Basic Social Services
The paper reflects on the potential of the OECD-DAC creditor reporting system to systematically capture flows of official development assistance (ODA) in support of realizing children’s rights. The growth in modalities for delivering aid, including sector programmes, sector wide approaches (SWAPs), dedicated funds which encompass public-private partnerships such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, as well as the OECD-DAC commitment to promote harmonization and simplification in the provision of ODA and promote government ownership through general budget support raises challenges to assessing ODA for children. The question also needs asking whether singling out and measuring direct assistance to children is meaningful. ...
- Publisher:
- UNU-WIDER
- Series:
- WIDER Research Paper
- Volume:
- 2007/62
- Title:
- Issues to Consider in Assessing International Support for Realizing Children’s Rights: A Reflection on Aid Modalities and Transparency in Reporting, and a Review of Aid for Basic Social Services
- Authors:
- Eva Jespersen and Julia Benn
- Publication date:
- October 2007
- ISSN Web:
- 1810-2611
- ISBN 13 Web:
- 9789292300111
- Copyright holder:
- © UNU-WIDER
- Copyright year:
- 2007
- Keywords:
- ODA, basic social services, sector programmes, SWAPs
- JEL:
- F35, H53, I38, J13
- Project:
- Conference on 'Aid: Principles, Policies and Performance'
- Sponsor:
- UNU-WIDER gratefully acknowledges the financial contribution to the conference by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
- Format:
- online