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The future of aid has become a major focus of debate in development circles. Current debates revolve around developing an international aid architecture fit for purpose in today's global context and the importance of policy coherence across aid, trade and security agendas. This includes such broad-ranging issues as the emergence of new aid donors in Asia and Europe, the role of aid in supporting progressive change in fragile or failing states, and the case for scaling up aid to Africa to meet the MDGs. But the role of aid also remains contested as illustrated by recent debates on the absorptive capacity of recipient governments and the potentially perverse effects of aid on achieving long term fiscal, institutional and political reforms. Related to the latter are debates as to whether and how aid bureaucracies are learning to respond to complex and rapidly changing environments.
IDS research, information services and policy advisory work on aid seeks to understand and inform these debates both through a rigorous examination of the political and institutional incentives shaping the way in which aid is both delivered and received and through support to critically reflective practice by aid practitioners.
Currently IDS work on aid cross-cuts a number of our teams and has a primary focus in six areas: Aid Practices, Power and Relationships, Aid and Poverty Reduction, Rights Based Approaches, and Fragile States.
News
Undernutrition in Today’s World is an Unforgivable Crime
Published: 12 Mar 2010
IDS Director, Lawrence Haddad, on why we must not be accomplices to the crime of child undernutrition
UK Public Perceptions of Aid
Published: 15 Feb 2010
Speakers from IDS, Comic Relief and DFID gathered for a discussion at Westminster of how best to communicate about development with the British public.
How will Haiti rebuild its shattered infrastructure?
Published: 20 Jan 2010
IDS Fellow Anton Simanowitz reflects on a microfinance programme that has made a real difference to Haitian women's lives and which will continue to work there long after the emergency agencies and journalists have moved on.
IDS at the Party Conferences
Published: 20 Oct 2009
This year for the first time IDS participated in the autumn political party conferences, asking how best to evaluate international development and maintain support for development in a downturn.
McNamara’s Legacy: Food, Agriculture and Rural Development
Published: 20 Aug 2009
Robert McNamara's substantial contribution to global food, agriculture and poverty reduction is worth considering at a time of population pressure, stagnant agricultural productivity, pervasive under nutrition, rapid urbanisation and climate change.
IDS Director, Lawrence Haddad, on why we must not be accomplices to the crime of child undernutrition
Speakers from IDS, Comic Relief and DFID gathered for a discussion at Westminster of how best to communicate about development with the British public.
IDS Fellow Anton Simanowitz reflects on a microfinance programme that has made a real difference to Haitian women's lives and which will continue to work there long after the emergency agencies and journalists have moved on.
This year for the first time IDS participated in the autumn political party conferences, asking how best to evaluate international development and maintain support for development in a downturn.
Robert McNamara's substantial contribution to global food, agriculture and poverty reduction is worth considering at a time of population pressure, stagnant agricultural productivity, pervasive under nutrition, rapid urbanisation and climate change.
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Latest publications on Aid
- McCulloch, N (2010) 'The Inductance Tax – What Tobin Really Meant', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 14, Brighton: IDS
- Henson, S. and Lindstrom, J. (2009) 'Making the Case for Aid: The Challenge of UK Public Perceptions', IDS In Focus Policy Briefings 12, Brighton: IDS
- Gottschalk, G. and Bolton, L. (2009) 'Macroeconomic Policy, Stimuli, Aid and Budgeting: What Options?', IDS Bulletin 40.5:78-88
- Eyben, R (2009) 'Evidence submitted to the APPG Inquiry on Aid Effectiveness'
- Grimm, S., Humphrey, J., Lundsgaarde, E. and John de Sousa, S.-L. (2009) 'European Development Cooperation to 2020: Challenges by New Actors in International Development' , EDC2020 Working Paper 4
Aid projects at IDS
- Aid Relationships - Exploring aid relationships to promote organisational learning (Ongoing)
- Aid that Works: Successful Development Initiatives in Fragile States - (2004 - 2005)
- Civil Society, Democratisation and Foreign Aid in Africa - (1997 - 2000)
- Critical Research Social Justice and International Aid - Seminar series for inter-disciplinary discussions on the relationship between research, aid and social justice (Ongoing)
- Participation and Development Relations - Promoting a rights perspective to the challenges of poverty, inequality and insecurity. (Ongoing)
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