Here’s a question for all you development research types (especially the randomistas). A lot of community-level capital development projects these days seem to involve a requirement that the beneficiary community make a contribution towards the development. Sometimes this is in the form of free labour, other times it is financial. So, for example, a new [...]
Posts Tagged ‘aid effectiveness’
15 Sep
Mainstream me
So I’ve been pondering a bit recently on the riddles of what gets mainstreamed and what doesn’t in aid, and how it gets mainstreamed. A lot seems to go wrong. What Here’s what I reckon should get mainstreamed, in rough order of importance: Aid Effectiveness. I mean if you’re not effective why do you even [...]
20 Apr
Ten things I didn’t want to know about aid ineffectiveness
A little birdie told me about this, and I just couldn’t resist. The donors in Tanzania have got their own little website, included on which is a page telling us “10 Facts about Aid effectiveness in Tanzania”. They call themselves the Development Partners Group (DPG for short) and this is what they have to say: [...]
26 Feb
Aid efficiency & focusing on the important things
(with apologies to DR who doesn’t make the rules) Informal chat with a Donor Representative (DR), 2009 MJ Presumably the NGO projects will be much more efficient than the government ones. DR Yes, we expect that. But they won’t be the most efficient. MJ Oh? Who will be the most efficient? DR The private sector. [...]
17 Jan
The Aid Effectiveness Officer
During my Xmas break I was able at last to put flesh to what, for me, was a mythical creature: the Aid Effectiveness Officer. The lead character in John Le Carré’s The Constant Gardener is an Aid Effectiveness Officer, but I’d never previously encountered one. I had thought / hoped that they might only exist [...]
