Policy ownership and aid conditionality in the light of the financial crisis : a critical review / [by Andrew Mold].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mold, Andrew.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Series:

Development Centre studies.

Development Centre studies, 1563-4302

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance.

Economic assistance--Political aspects.

Conditionality (International relations).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 pages)

Other Title:

Also available in French: Appropriation et conditionnalite de l'aide : Une revue critique a la lumiere de la crise financiere

Appropriation et conditionnalité de l'aide : une revue critique à la lumière de la crise financière.

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The current economic situation has obliged the international donor community to reexamine its stance on the conditionality of development assistance. This study evaluates which controversies persist with respect to aid conditionality, how successful donors have been in stemming the rising tide of aid conditionality of the 1980s and 1990s, and whether the donor community practices what it preaches regarding the allocation of aid based on governance and development criteria. Above all, the report considers how the financial crisis has rendered it increasingly difficult to maintain traditional conditionality frameworks. Strategies for reducing the number of aid conditionalities and for enhancing recipient ownership of aid policies are proposed in light of the unsustainability of existing frameworks.

Contents:

Conditionality and the Shift to New Aid Modalities

The Slippery Slope of Political Conditionality

The Intrinsic Difficulty of Distinguishing Between Good and Bad Policies

A Brief Review of Some Empirical Studies of Conditionality's Impact

Is Conditionality Increasing or Diminishing?

Shifting Aid Modalities

Conclusions and Policy Recommendations

Policy-Based Conditionality and the Economic Crisis – A Final Nail in the Coffin?

Introduction

Preface

List of Acronyms

References.

Notes:

"ISSN electronic edition 1190-0295."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-93).

ISBN:

1-282-30467-4

9786612304675

92-64-07552-6

OCLC:

435625677