Transforming the Aid Environment
Although many nations have promised to commit 0.7% of GNI to relieve suffering and secure the enjoyment of basic human rights, no one is able to hold them accountable for not living up to their commitments. When it comes to aid assistance, national governments and the global-community do not share incentives for action. The effort to alleviate poverty has mixed objectives, resulting in uncoordinated and inefficient approaches to international development.National powers seek their own desired ends, delivering aid without much oversight, without genuine interest in evaluating developmental impact, and limited disclosure. Aid is employed as a political tool to enforce top-down reform by a ruling-class that is outside the promoted democracy.The current aid environment is riddled with political corruption and costly bureaucracies. The two ideas, the Poverty Trap and the Principle of Conditionalities, most prominently guide today's approaches to aid assistance. Although they share the objective of democratization, neither one of the two have a persuasive track record. I wish to introduce an alternative approach to aid assistance that would limit political influence on the utilization of donated funds and empower the private sector in a transparent aid market
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[2009]
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Authors: | Gestsson, Thorsteinn Hjalmar |
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[2009]: [S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Entwicklungshilfe | Development aid | AIDS | Systemtransformation | Economic transition | Entwicklungsländer | Developing countries | Welt | World |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (27 p) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments July 7, 2007 erstellt |
Other identifiers: | 10.2139/ssrn.1017838 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012721173
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