Aid Effectiveness and Selectivity Integrating Multiple Objectives into Aid Allocations
Aid Effectiveness and Selectivity: Integrating Multiple Objectives into Aid Allocations

This paper reports on recent work on improving the effectiveness of aid allocations, and extends the scope of analysis beyond the aid-policy-growth-poverty linkages to include three new elements: a broader range of poverty-relevant objectives and effectiveness constraints of aid; practical experienc...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2004
Subjects:
Development
Online Access:DE-384
DE-473
DE-824
DE-29
DE-739
DE-355
DE-20
DE-1028
DE-1049
DE-521
DE-861
DE-898
DE-92
DE-91
DE-573
DE-19
Volltext
Summary:This paper reports on recent work on improving the effectiveness of aid allocations, and extends the scope of analysis beyond the aid-policy-growth-poverty linkages to include three new elements: a broader range of poverty-relevant objectives and effectiveness constraints of aid; practical experience in the application of quantitative analysis to allocations; and analytic approaches to determining shares of aid through multilateral channels and for global public goods. There is wide consensus on the main allocation criteria for effectiveness in reducing poverty through pro-poor growth: the level and incidence of poverty and the development performance of partner countries. Other variables that raise the impact of aid on growth are helping vulnerable countries adjust to shocks, debt relief and post-conflict reconstruction. Considering broader development and humanitarian objectives, aid should also be allocated to prevent violent conflict and to improve governance and social conditions in "difficult partnerships". In addition, global public goods are severely under-funded, and there is some evidence of under-funding of multilateral programmes...
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (35 Seiten)
DOI:10.1787/journal_dev-v4-art21-en

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Get full text

Similar Items