Maia King

Research Officer

Maia King joined ODI in November 2010, after completing an ODI Fellowship in the Ministry of Finance, Liberia and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Madagascar. Maia is an economist with expertise in macroeconomic and fiscal policy and analysis, public financial management reform, private sector development and tax policy. Prior to her ODI Fellowship, Maia worked as an economist and policy advisor at the UK Treasury.

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Innovative aid instruments and flexible financing: providing better support to fragile states

Publication - Research reports and studies - 13 November 2012

Marcus Manuel, Alastair McKechnie, Maia King, Erin Coppin and Lisa Denney

Prepared in the first half of 2011 for the OECD International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding, this paper looks at how to improve the delivery of aid to fragile and conflict-affected states.

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Localising aid: can using local actors strengthen them?

Publication - Discussion papers - 29 August 2012

ODI Working Papers 352

Jonathan Glennie with Ahmed Ali, Maia King, Alastair McKechnie and Gideon Rabinowitz

Does channelling aid through country systems strengthen them? Can the same approach be applied to non-state actors? This paper sets out a research programme to address these questions.

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Common constraints and incentive problems in service delivery

Publication - Discussion papers - 29 August 2012

ODI Working Papers 351

Leni Wild, Vikki Chambers, Maia King and Daniel Harris

There is growing recognition that, despite significant increases in resourcing, public service delivery is still failing in many developing countries. This review explores the existing evidence base in three sectors (education, health, water and sanitation) across multiple countries. The review points to a set of five common political economy constraints and incentive problems that affect levels of performance.

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Getting better results from assistance to fragile states

Publication - Briefing papers - 9 November 2011

ODI Briefings 70

Marcus Manuel, Maia King, Alastair McKechnie

This ODI Briefing Paper looks at the step-change required to improve financial flexibility, accountability and predictability in fragile states.

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Scaling up what works: managing risks in fragile states

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 7 October 2011

Since the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra in 2008, there has been a growing awareness amongst the international community that low-income countries with fragile institutions are not simply more difficult cases of development, but require a fundamentally different approach to delivering development assistance.

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