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Finance & Development
September 2008
Elaine Venter |
Point of View: A Work in Progress The Paris Declaration renews focus on aid reform but is still donor-centric   |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Sundberg & Gelb |
Making Aid Work Aid in the past was often guided by geopolitical considerations linked to the interests of donor countries rather than by development objectives. But the end of the cold war and progress toward a new aid architecture should make aid more effective in Africa. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Sharpe, Wood & Wratten |
U.K.: More Country Ownership A country-led approach, in which the governments of developing countries themselves define and lead the poverty reduction agenda, is the key to improving aid effectiveness. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007
Stefano Curto |
Changing Aid Landscape Despite donors' commitments to scale up aid in line with the 2002 Monterrey Consensus and the 2005 Gleneagles Declaration, the response has been mixed. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Schieber et al. |
Getting Real on Health Financing Unless the efficiency of the global aid architecture is improved and countries enhance their ability to put aid to good use, the massive investment in health that is currently taking place will not deliver the improvement in the health of the poor that everybody is striving for. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2007
Bourguignon & Sundberg |
Aid Can Work The effectiveness of aid remains a highly controversial issue for economists and development practitioners. However, aid effectiveness is getting better, even though it is tough to prove. |
Finance & Development
September 2008
Celasun & Walliser |
Managing Aid Surprises Countries cannot make full use of aid when it is unpredictable |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Peter S. Heller |
Making AID Work An unlikely alliance of rock stars, politicians, and grassroots activists has put the issue of combating poverty at the forefront of global policymaking. Scaling up aid flows is just the start of a complex set of decisions and tough choices. |
Finance & Development
September 2008
Masood Ahmed |
The Next Frontier Low-income countries gain ground in a globalized world, but they still face major challenges. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Berg & Qureshi |
The MDGs: Building Momentum A big push on aid is not the sole answer. International development policy needs to move beyond aid and aim for actions that, together with stronger reforms in developing countries, cohere into a broader big push. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2005
Jamison & Radelet |
Making Aid Smarter How donor support for primary education can be made more effective. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Basil P. Mramba |
Tanzania: 'Smart' Partnerships A clear national development vision upon which donor support can be anchored is critical for ensuring that aid is well used. |
IDB America
August 2007
Andrew Powell |
Tough Love: The Key to Foreign Aid Effectiveness Why is economic aid to allies less effective than aid to countries that are indifferent if not hostile to their donors' foreign policies? |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2002
Bulir & Lane |
Managing the Fiscal Impact of Aid Poor countries must find better ways to manage spending in the face of volatile and unpredictable aid flows. |
Finance & Development
September 2008 |
From the Editor With food and oil prices touching record highs and global growth slowing, low-income countries are facing difficulties making it even more critical for advanced economies and other donors to live up to their commitments on aid levels. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Radelet et al. |
Aid and Growth Although the impact of aid on economic growth diminishes as aid increases, in countries with stronger institutions or better health, more aid can be absorbed effectively. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Eifert & Gelb |
Coping with Aid Volatility Aid may become even more unpredictable, but there are ways to tackle the problem. To improve aid predictability, donors must lengthen funding horizons, and the annual review and programming cycle must be strengthened at the country level. |
Finance & Development
September 2008 |
Dialogue Box F&D asked a number of opinion leaders around the world to answer the question, What's the single thing most likely to double living standards in poor countries over the next decade? |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Bilal Siddiqi |
Picture This Aiding Development Chart-based analysis of which countries give the most aid and where the money goes. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007
David E. Bloom |
Governing Global Health How better coordination can advance global health and improve value for money. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Ambroise Fayolle |
Out of the Trap Given that fragile states face urgent and specific needs, the framework created by donors to support them is both too slow and not comprehensive enough. Closer coordination between all actors, including the IMF, should be a priority in fragile states. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2002
Peter S. Heller & Sanjeev Gupta |
Challenges in Expanding Aid Flows The international community is calling for an increase in foreign development aid to 0.7 percent of industrial country GNP from 0.24 percent of GNP at present. But a large increase in aid flows could pose a number of challenges for the poorest countries. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007 |
Is the Global Health System Broken Three points of view on how the global health system can be improved: Making Markets Work by Joe Cerrell... Finding a Unified Vision by Helen Gayle and J. Stephen Morrison... Targeting the Health MDGs by Tore Godal... |
Finance & Development
March 2006 |
Letters to the Editor Aid recipients must be more accountable... Why not limit new borrowing?... Redesigning aid... |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2005
Sperling & Balu |
Designing a Global Compact on Education International development discussions are often locked in a debate over whether money or reform is most critical to achieving universal basic education. The reality is that both are essential. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2005
Maureen Lewis |
A War Chest for Fighting HIV/AIDS With billions of dollars mobilized, the challenge is how to spend the money wisely in the fight against the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Masood Ahmed & Hugh Bredenkamp |
Supporting Poverty Reduction in Low-Income Developing Countries: The International Community's Response Despite developing countries' improved economic growth rates during the 1990s, poverty has remained firmly entrenched. How can developing countries, international financial institutions, and developed countries work together more effectively to reduce the incidence of poverty? |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Jean-Baptiste Compaore |
Burkina Faso: Greater Capacity In Burkina Faso, only about 70% of aid committed by donors is effectively disbursed. Improving absorption capacity is crucial if a scaling up of aid is to be effective in growing its economy. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2005
Raghuram Rajan |
Aid and Growth: The Policy Challenge The best way to get the poor in low-income countries out of poverty is to strengthen economic growth in those countries. But we need more than aid to break the cycle of poverty. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Bio-Tchane & Christensen |
Right Time for Africa Africa needs to build on its recent success to catch up. A forward-looking reform agenda should aim to maintain macroeconomic stability, improve the business climate, promote trade, and, most important, strengthen fiscal institutions. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Andrews et al. |
Ethiopia: Scaling Up Assessing the impact of a dramatic increase in aid on one of Africa's poorest countries. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007
Boughton & Bradford |
Global Governance: New Players, New Rules The financial turbulence of 2007 illustrates -- not for the first time -- both the benefits and the risks of financial globalization. Here's why the 20th-century model needs a makeover. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2002
Brian Ames |
Taking Stock of Poverty Reduction Efforts What exactly is a poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP), the centerpiece of the international community's new assault on poverty? It is essentially a road map prepared by countries themselves to help them better target public policies in support of poverty reduction. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Daniel Kaufmann |
Back to Basics--10 Myths About Governance and Corruption The challenge of governance and anticorruption confronting the world today strongly argues against business-as-usual. A bolder approach is needed. The rich world must not only deliver on its aid and trade liberalization promises, it must also lead by example. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
Ulrich Jacoby |
Getting Together China is itself a developing country, but it is also fast becoming a major player in the development of sub-Saharan Africa. |
Parameters
Autumn 2005
Andrew S. Natsios |
The Nine Principles of Reconstruction and Development In a time of increasing collaboration between the two organizations, it is important that the military gain a better understanding of how the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and development agencies generally approach their work, and how the two communities can beneficially build on this cooperation. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Aiyar et al. |
The Macroeconomic Challenge of More Aid Here is an analysis of five African countries that received big increases in aid. Their experiences offer useful lessons on an international level in scaling up aid to well-performing poor countries. |
Finance & Development
March 2008
Wang & Bio-Tchane |
Africa's Burgeoning Ties with China Africa and China have been trading partners for centuries. But in recent years, the level and intensity of their relationship have increased dramatically. |
Finance & Development
September 2008 |
In Brief Spending on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)... Investing in renewable energy... |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007
Bio-Tchane & Yehoue |
Africa's Missing Ingredients How international economic aid can be better directed to entrench development in sub-Saharan Africa. |
Finance & Development
September 2009 |
Book Reviews Books of economic interest: Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa, by Dambisa Moyo... Successes of the International Monetary Fund: Untold Stories of Cooperation at Work, by Michael A. Clemens... more... |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2005
Birger Fredriksen |
Keeping the Promise What is holding up achieving primary education for all African children? |
Finance & Development
September 2008
Gupta & Tareq |
Mobilizing Revenue Strengthening domestic revenue bases is key to creating fiscal space for Africa's developmental needs |
Finance & Development
September 2007 |
Letters to the Editor The dark side of aid... Stop misusing PPP calculations... Make antiretroviral drugs available to all... |
D-Lib
March 2004
Patrice A. Lyons |
The World Meets the Internet Representatives from a wide spectrum of government, intergovernmental, private and what was termed "civil society" organizations met at Geneva in December 2003 at the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by information and communication technologies (ICT), in particular the Internet. |
Finance & Development
September 2010 |
Half Empty or Half Full Does aid work? The net impact of aid surges depends on country-specific factors. |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Jagdish Bhagwati |
Time for a Rethink It is hard to object to the Millennium Development Goals, but that doesn't mean they lay out an effective blueprint for development |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Millesen & Hedge |
Achieving Balance and Maintaining Accountability Findings from a recent study on the decision-making abilities of community foundation boards identify some challenges and offer some lessons learned. |
BusinessWeek
April 3, 2006
Pete Engardio |
Throwing Money -- And Missing The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good by William Easterly is disturbing but essential reading for would-be Samaritans -- and a powerful call for reform. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2005
Raghuram Rajan |
Straight Talk Debt Relief and Growth In a number of developed countries, debt relief for low-income countries has become an important political issue. Here's how to craft an optimal debt relief proposal. |
