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Rachel M. Gisselquist and Miguel Niño-Zarazúa on Effectiveness of International & Swedish Democracy Aid for ICLDOn Tuesday, 16 February 2021 at 13:00 Stockholm time, 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...
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Effects of aid on social protection systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Theme: Transforming states
Foreign aid Development aid Aid effectivenessNews
Press release: New study shows democracy aid worksDoes development cooperation aimed at strengthening democracy work? A new study from the Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA) addresses critical knowledge gaps on aid assistance. The report, published today, is the most comprehensive study on...
Aid effectiveness Democracy aid DemocracyReport
Effects of Swedish and international democracy aidDemocracy aid is a significant component of development cooperation. As a share of total aid, it has increased steadily since the mid-1990s...
Democracy aid Aid effectiveness DemocracyWorking Paper
Donor relations and sovereigntyAs a sovereign country, Mozambique initially relied on international solidarity and managed its donor relations well...
Aid effectiveness Donors Foreign policyProject
The state and statebuilding in the Global South – international and local interactions
Theme: Transforming states
Building State Capabilities State capacity Aid effectivenessPolicy Brief
Aid effectiveness: Growth and beyondThe questions of whether aid has impact and is effective have been the subject of considerable attention...
Aid effectiveness Aid and growth Development aidJournal Article
What Does the Evidence Tell Us about ‘Thinking and Working Politically’ in Development Assistance?Part of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness
Aid effectiveness Donors EvidenceJournal Article
Do Countries Use Foreign Aid to Buy Geopolitical Influence?: Evidence from Donor Campaigns for Temporary UN Security Council SeatsPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness
Funding Foreign aid Aid effectivenessJournal Article
Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen?: The Division of Financing in World Bank Projects and Project PerformancePart of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness
Aid effectiveness Foreign aid FundingJournal Article
Bypassing Government: Aid Effectiveness and Malawi’s Local Development FundPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness
Aid effectiveness Institutions Aid policyJournal Article
Aid Targeting to Fragile and Conflict-Affected States and Implications for Aid EffectivenessPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness
Aid effectiveness Foreign aid Fragile states
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The vital role of aid in developmentThe UNU-WIDER research programme on foreign aid ( ReCom ) began in 2010, in a period of strong aid scepticism. Dambisa Moyo’s well-known book, Dead Aid (2009), is just one example...
Aid effectiveness Aid policy Conflict managementWorking Paper
Institutional bypass and aid effectiveness in AfricaMany practical and action-oriented international roadmaps to improve the quality of aid and its delivery and impact on development—including the Paris Declaration, Accra Agenda for Action, and Busan Partnership—emphasize a more active inv...
Aid effectiveness Institutions Aid policyWorking Paper
What does the evidence tell us about ‘thinking and working politically’ in development assistance?This paper critically reviews evidence on ‘thinking and working politically’ in development...
Aid effectiveness Donors Evidence