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Jonathan Glennie

Research Associate, Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure

Jonathan Glennie has worked on aid and development finance policy for a number of organisations, and has written a well-received book on the subject. Before ODI he managed Christian Aid's aid programme in Colombia, where he developed expertise on human rights and land issues.

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Soft power to the people: Britain should use aid to promote universal values

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 8 August 2013

Instead of safeguarding domestic interests, the select committee investigating the future of aid should view it as a global good.

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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: 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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Should more foreign aid be spent locally?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 2 July 2013

Is giving aid to institutions in recipient countries riskier than handing cash to international NGOs and companies?

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Submission to the UK Parliament's International Development Select Committee on the future of UK development assistance.

Publication - Articles and blogs - 28 June 2013

Jonathan Glennie

This written submission to the UK Parliament's International Development Select Committee looked at the long term relevance of the 0.7% ODA target; the suitability of DFID’s mix of financial instruments, including its use of loans and traditional grant aid; the role of the UK as a provider of climate finance; whether the UK should establish a new, independent development finance institution to offer concessional loans; and DFID’s balance between provision of bilateral and multilateral aid.

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