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Reforming the international aid system has become a topic of heated debate. But what do aid recipients make of the debate? What are their solutions to the growing problems? How do they influence the debate? ODI, in collaboration with partners in the South, seeks to make their voices heard. Follow the links to find out about our work on:
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Multilateral Donor Agency Effectiveness: Country Level Perceptions (2007)
Southern Voices for Change in the International Aid System (05-06)
Forum on the Future of Aid (ongoing international collaboration)
Reforming the international aid system: user perspectives (ongoing)
Multilateral Donor Agency Effectiveness: Country Level Perceptions
This project aims to build a better understanding of the performance of multilateral organisations among decision-makers, parliamentarians and other key stakeholders both in donor and recipient countries; develop a better informed dialogue between multilateral organisations and DfID staff at headquarters and country level; develop a better informed dialogue between multilateral organisations and key stakeholders in-country; improve the performance of multilateral organisations at the country level. Funded by DfID. More>
Southern Voices for Change in the International Aid System
This debate on aid architecture has mainly been undertaken among (Northern) donors. Voices of Southern constituents in shaping such trends have been muted, especially among Southern-based CSOs. Very little seems to be available or to have been written on the subject, for a number of reasons. These include a lack of appropriate fora to promote dialogue and information sharing among Southern CSOs (the main international discussion fora are heavily biased towards donor views and Northern shareholder representation, and they offer a predominantly governmental perspective), weak capacity, language barriers, inadequate funding, and high transaction costs, among others. ODI launched the Southern Voices for Change in the International Aid System project to encourage Southern CSO engagement in the debate about the desirable future structure, instruments and major processes of international aid. Such engagement seems essential against the backdrop of the future scaling-up of aid and the consequent need for a more responsive and appropriate way to address the needs of the poor.
Papers prepared by ODI's southern partners on the international aid system
Africa
Asia
Latin America
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Forum on the Future of Aid
The Forum on the Future of Aid was created as an initiative of ODI's project on Southern Voices for Change in the International Aid System to encourage online dialogue and discussion on research and opinions about how the international aid system currently works and whether and how it could be reformed.
The Forum offers unbiased information and analysis to all the main actors on the international development scene: governments and civil society in recipient and donor countries, and aid professionals in national and international agencies. Wherever possible, it seeks to 'level the playing field', by equipping non-specialists to better predict how changes initiated elsewhere may have an impact on them, and by providing them a timely channel to identify and articulate their interests and concerns.
More information about the Forum for the Future of Aid
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Reforming the international aid system: user perspectives
ODI worked with the Commonwealth Secretariat and La Francophonie to facilitate three workshops involving senior government officials and civil society representatives in a dialogue about the reform of the international architecture. The outputs from these workshops will be fed into the meeting of the Commonwealth Finance Ministers in Colombo in September 2006. The links below provide the background documents for each workshop and final workshop reports.
Preserving Multilateralism: user perspectives on strengths and weaknesses of major international aid institutions
ODI, London, Jan 05
Agenda
Participants
Background Paper
Workshop report
Powerpoint Presentations
Overview: where is the multilateral aid system heading and what are the main forces involved?
The UN Development System from a user perspective
The World Bank and Regional Development Banks
The European Union (EDF and Budget instruments)
The Future of Aid: User Perspectives on Reform of the International Aid System
Commonwealth & La Francophonie workshop, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Mar 06
Agenda
Background paper
Workshop report
Powerpoint Presentations
Setting the context
EU development cooperation
UN development cooperation
The World Bank and Regional Development Banks
Paris Declaration
The Future of Aid: User Perspectives on Reform of the International Aid System
Commonwealth & La Francophonie workshop, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Jun 06
Agenda
Participants
Background paper
Resources list
Workshop report
Powerpoint Presentations
Setting the context
The World Bank and Regional Development Banks
The UN Development System from a user perspective
The European Union (EDF and Budget instruments)
Paris Declaration and arrangements for aid at country level
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ODI Aid Architecture Portal Resources: ODI Briefing Papers, Working Papers, Opinions, blogs, meetings and workshops
Forum on the Future of Aid resources from project partners in the South
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Forum on the Future of Aid resources from ODI
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