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The institutions and policies of aid-recipient countries and aid effectiveness: The case of AfghanistanThe aid effectiveness principles have limits if the recipient is fragile. The problem of relevance exists if the recipient has an authoritarian or totalitarian regime...
Aid effectiveness State fragility Regime typeWorking Paper
Aid effectiveness in fragile and conflict-affected contexts: Lessons from more than two decades of researchThe objective of this paper is to focus on fragility research findings and examine what works or does not work in development aid and development cooperation in fragile and conflict-affected contexts...
Fragile states Fragility COVID-19Policy seminar
UNU-WIDER at the Effective development co-operation summit
Policy Brief
Building evidence around the effectiveness principles: Findings from an international research conferenceThis policy brief draws on the studies presented at the International Research Conference on the Effectiveness of Development Cooperation on 17–18 November 2022, in Brussels, Belgium and jointly organized by UNU-WIDER and the European Commissio...
Aid effectiveness Aid policyWorking Paper
Evidence on aid (in)effectiveness in highly fragile states: A synthesis of three systematic reviews of aid to Afghanistan, Mali, and South Sudan, 2008–21This working paper provides a summary of three systematic reviews on the effectiveness of aid in Afghanistan, Mali, and South Sudan between 2008 and 2021...
Foreign aid Aid effectiveness Systematic reviewWorking Paper
Development narratives in a post-aid era: Reflections on implications for the global effectiveness agendaThis paper argues that the crisis facing the development effectiveness agenda is fundamentally derived from limited collective commitment to a singular model of development, one where a developed North serves as model and funder for a developing Sout...
Development effectiveness Foreign aid International cooperationWorking Paper
Does project-level aid for water and sanitation improve child health outcomes?: Evidence from household panel data in UgandaEmpirical studies on the effectiveness of aid to the water, sanitation, and hygiene sector (WASH aid) have focused primarily on access to these services as the benchmark for evaluating the effectiveness of aid in this sector...
Aid effectiveness Public health WaterWorking Paper
Good for now but not forever: officials’ perspectives on the relevance of the effectiveness agenda and the need for changeThis paper investigates whether the current effectiveness agenda—agreed during the 2011 Busan High Level Forum on Development Effectiveness—continues to define best practice in development amidst a rapidly changing development landscape...
Aid effectiveness Development aid Development agenciesWorking Paper
Does aid fragmentation affect tax revenue dynamics in developing countries?: Observations with new tax dataThere exists a burgeoning empirical literature on the impact of aid fragmentation on development outcomes in aid-receiving countries, with it being widely recognized that aid fragmentation is deleterious...
Aid fragmentation Tax revenue Institutional qualityPanel discussion
Rachel Gisselquist at Finland's Development Policy Days 2021Rachel M. Gisselquist joins a panel discussion at the annual Development Policy Days event hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland. The event is held 9-10 November 2021 both online and at Finlandia Hall, Helsinki from 8:30 – 16:30...
Presentation
Miguel Nino-Zarazua and Rachel Gisselquist presenting to Finland's Development Policy CommitteeMiguel Niño-Zarazúa , Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, and Rachel M. Gisselquist , Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER are presenting to the Development Policy Committee of Finland on 2 September 2021 at 14:00 (UTC+3...
Book Chapter
Foreign aid and peacebuildingForeign aid is a core component of peacebuilding and among the largest external financial flows to fragile states and conflict-affected areas. Nevertheless, troubling critiques have been raised about its overall impact and effectiveness...
Foreign aid Peacebuilding Aid effectivenessBlog
Foreign aid can help stem the decline of democracy, if used in the right wayDemocracy is having a hard time. In India, once the world’s largest democracy, the pandemic has hastened the country’s slide toward authoritarianism ...
Foreign aid Development aid Aid effectivenessIn the media
EBA/UNU-WIDER study on democracy aid featured in Kehityslehti
Democracy aid Democracy Aid effectiveness Presentation
Rachel M. Gisselquist and Miguel Niño-Zarazúa on Effectiveness of International & Swedish Democracy Aid for DEvalOn Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 16:00 CET, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa , Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, and Rachel M. Gisselquist , Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER will be presenting and discussing the findings of the...
Presentation
Rachel M. Gisselquist and Miguel Niño-Zarazúa on Effectiveness of International & Swedish Democracy Aid for IFESOn Friday, 19 February 2021 at 08.30 EST, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa , Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, and Rachel M. Gisselquist , Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER will be presenting and discussing the findings of the...