The Paris Declaration was signed in 2005 with official donors committing to improve the effectiveness of their official development aid (ODA) towards greater reductions in poverty and inequality. The aid reform agenda promoted spans ownership, alignment, harmonization, managing for results and mutual accountability with a dozen indicators for monitoring progress. But despite all this and after all the attention given them, the most basic question can still be asked: what is it really about aid that makes it “ineffective” and unhelpful in reducing poverty and inequality?
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The Paris Declaration was signed in 2005 with official donors committing to improve the effectiveness of their official development aid (ODA) towards greater reductions in poverty and inequality. The aid ...
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