When aid gets a seat at the cabinet table
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On one side, Malala. Allied on the other - the Taliban and tax avoidance
'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.' -
Unloading sacks of rice at Beira Port Run by Cornelder in Mozambique
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Source: FlickrGlobal Aid for Trade Review side event: Aid for Trade effectiveness – current issues and future directions
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. -
Localising aid to NGOs: issues and challenges highlighted by a multi-country study
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
A whole-of-society approach to localising aid means donors supporting government-led strategies and engaging with all key stakeholders. -
Should more foreign aid be spent locally?
Is giving aid to institutions in recipient countries riskier than handing cash to international NGOs and companies? -
Localising aid: is it worth the risk?
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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Source: Christian AidImproving impact - do accountability mechanisms deliver results?
How does accountability improve results? The author and commissioning agencies of a new report, Improving Impact: do accountability mechanisms deliver results?, will present the findings from their research in Myanmar and Kenya at this ALNAP-hosted event. Join us to discuss the findings of this report which methodically investigates the effects of accountability mechanisms on the quality and results of aid.
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G8 leaders must do more than talk a tough game on multinational tax avoidance
'Eight years on Britain has changed. Comeback gigs are so common they’re practically passé and politicians appear reluctant to talk about aid at all. If you stopped the next person you saw in the street and asked them what we might expect from the summit, the answer would probably be ‘what summit?’.'