Lecture 13: Foreign Aid Flashcards
Official Development Assistance (ODA)
government aid designed to promote the economic development and welfare of developing countries
Current debates on ODA boundaries
Should climate financing qualify as ODA?
Should cost for ‘hosting’ refugees qualify as ODA?
four criteria quality of aid
maximizing efficiency
reducing burden
fostering institutions
transparency and learning
maximizing efficiency
aid allocated according to need and absorption capacity of receiving country
avoid fragmentation aid and avoid tied aid
tied aid
commercial interest of donor country
reducing burden
avoid donor ‘darlings’ (Rwanda) and serve aid ‘orphans’ (Central African Republic)
harmonise procedures
fostering institutions
align with receiving country’s needs & priorities
work through existing national or local systems (rather than set up parallel systems)
aid predictibility
transparency and learning
be transparent about budget, channel of delivery, and results achieved
evaluate impact programs
role distinction specialization
service delivery
lobby and advocacy
service delivery
humanitarian aid / disaster response
lobby and advocacy
campaigning for cause, often political
randomised control trial
gold standard for evaluating impact aid intervention
Random placement of program with a treatment group beneficiaries) and control group (non-beneficiaries) –> compare outcomes across groups over time
counterfactual
what would have happened to beneficiaries if they had not received the program
