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Jim Kim’s ‘science of delivery’: what role for politics?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 13 August 2013

When the World Bank adopts a new idea, trickle-down effects swiftly follow. So when Jim Kim, the Bank’s President, announces that ‘the science of delivery’ will be a hallmark of his tenure, we should all sit up, pay attention and ask the obvious question – the science of what?

Recently, I’ve been conducting a strictly non-scientific survey aimed at answering that question.

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Matt Andrews on the limits of institutional reform

Opinion - Podcasts and audio - 9 August 2013

Matt Andrews, governance expert and Associate Professor at Harvard's Kennedy School, sat down with ODI's Ryan Flynn to talk about his new book - 'The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development'.

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When aid gets a seat at the cabinet table

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 31 July 2013

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July Podcast: democracy, Mali election, aid and the military

Opinion - Podcasts and audio - 24 July 2013

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On one side, Malala. Allied on the other - the Taliban and tax avoidance

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 18 July 2013

'A 16-year-old school girl has shown the world what Pakistan’s future could look like. Perhaps the Pakistani Government could take a leaf out of Malala’s book and demonstrate the resolve and ambition needed to make education a right for all children in the country.'

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Unloading sacks of rice at Beira Port Run by Cornelder in Mozambique

Global Aid for Trade Review side event: Aid for Trade effectiveness – current issues and future directions

Event - Public event - 8 July 2013 16:30 - 18:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

This side event at the World Trade Organization's Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade brought together a range of contributions to an ODI-COMSEC volume on Aid for Trade (Aft) and featured presentations and facilitated discussions on empirical evidence on the effectiveness of AfT; on AfT and global value chains; and on future directions on AfT.

Dirk Willem te Velde presented findings from ODI research exploring the effectiveness of AfT.

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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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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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Localising aid: is it worth the risk?

Publication - Research reports and studies - 1 July 2013

Alastair McKechnie

Donors often perceive localising aid (transferring aid to local rather than international actors) as riskier than non-localised aid. But is this perception correct? This report finds that non-localised aid may carry higher risks of programme and strategic failure.

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