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Doubling Aid? Absorptive Capacity, Impacts and the Donor Response in Africa

2 November 2004 13:00-14:00 - Public event, London

This event looked at whether large aid increases could be absorbed and how.

Speakers:
Tony Killick, Senior Research Associate - ODI
Alex de Waal, fellow at the Global Equity Initiative - Harvard University and Director - Justice Africa
Chair:

Hugh Bayley, MP

An ODI, Africa All Party Parliamentary Group and Royal African Society (RAS) public event in the Africa and the Developed World: Taking Responsibility for our Actions series.