Gideon Rabinowitz

Research Officer, Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure

Political Economy of Development post-graduate, with NGO advocacy and research experience on trade (CUTS International) and aid issues (Actionaid UK and UK Aid Network), as well as consultancy experience on aid (Development Finance International; specialises in work on the Paris, Accra and Busan aid effectiveness agendas and UK and EU aid policy and spending trends

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Localising aid – a challenge to the orthodoxy?

Event - Public event - 9 July 2013 16:30 - 18:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

What if much of the orthodox aid effectiveness agenda that has dominated aid discussions for a decade is misguided? And what if the calculations aid givers make when assessing risk are wrong? This event will present the findings of ODI’s Localising aid research and provide a forum to debate the latest thinking on how to make aid more effective.

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Localising aid to NGOs: issues and challenges highlighted by a multi-country study

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 4 July 2013

According to the OECD 12.1% of total OECD aid was delivered to NGOs in 2010/11; the US, the world’s largest donor, delivers almost double this figure (21.7%) via NGOs. But is this aid helping to strengthen local civil society in the long term?

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Localising aid: a whole of society approach

Publication - Research reports and studies - 2 July 2013

Jonathan Glennie; Gideon Rabinowitz

A whole-of-society approach to localising aid means donors supporting government-led strategies and engaging with all key stakeholders.

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Localising aid: sustaining change in the public, private and civil society sectors

Publication - Research reports and studies - 15 March 2013

Jonathan Glennie, Alastair McKechnie, Gideon Rabinowitz and Ahmed Ali

This major new report looks at whether transferring aid to or through national systems and organisations strengthens them over the long term.

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A Chinese worker in Ethiopia as part a project to help improve livelihoods in Africa initiated by China’s Ministry of Commerce

Old puzzles, new pieces: development cooperation in tomorrow’s world

Event - Conference - 14 - 15 November 2012

From the rise of China and Brazil to game changing models of global philanthropy, person-to-person giving and social impact investment, the community of actors engaged in development cooperation is evolving. While the geography of poverty is changing so too are the tools available for targeting assistance. The 2012 CAPE Conference will explore how fundamental global shifts will shape the future of development cooperation.

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