Meeting the Demand for External Debt Data World 满足外部债务数据的需求世界.pptVIP

Development Aid Punam Chuhan-Pole DECVP Overview ? I. Trends in aid - the 0.7 target of donor aid effort - how much of the increase in aid represents additional resources? - proliferation of aid channels and aid fragmentation ? II. Aid and development - the challenge of measuring aid effectiveness ? III. Making aid more effective - selectivity in aid allocation - focus on harmonization, alignment, and results in aid delivery - scaling up aid and absorptive capacity constraints ? IV. The international community’s response to the aid challenge ? V. The evolving aid architecture I. Trends in aid Aid from DAC donors In the 1970s and 1980s aid from DAC countries rose steadily. In 1970 rich countries pledged to move toward an ODA/GNI target of 0.7 percent. After declining in the 1990s, aid is rising again. - In 2002 189 countries adopted the Monterrey Consensus in which developed countries were urged to achieve the 0.7 target. In 2005 donors promised to double aid to SSA by 2010 and to provide an additional $50 billion a year in aid to developing countries by 2010. By 2006, only 5 countries—Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden—had achieved or gone beyond the ODA/GNI target of 0.7%. Most of the recent increase in aid is due to debt relief. Importance of non-traditional donors - newly emerging donors such as Brazil, China, India; NGOs, foundations and other private donors. II. Aid and developmentHow does aid contribute to development? ? A stated objective of aid is to promote long-term development. ? The standard way of thinking about how aid impacts growth: by easing resource constraints facing countries and financing higher public investment; and through transfer of new technology and knowledge. ? Long-term economic growth is a complex phenomenon. Considerable progress has recently been made in understanding the central role of institutions in the development process. Aid can impact growth by influencing the drivers of growt