This paper summarises research on aid allocation and effectiveness, highlighting the current findings of recent … research on aid allocation to fragile states. Fragile states are defined by the donor community as those with either critically … of research and analysis on how aid should and is being allocated across all developing countries. Various aid allocation …

ability to support new forms of decentralized aid must be accompanied by a greater commitment from donors to urban poverty … within their priorities and funding patterns. -- urban poverty ; foreign aid ; Bangladesh ; South Asia …

responsiveness of employment to growth. The role of development aid in this context is problematic. Across Africa more aid went to … countries with a low employment intensity of growth. The paper proposes a new approach to aid and poverty in Africa, one that …Growth and poverty reduction in Africa are weakly linked. This paper argues that the reason is that Africa has failed …

policy coherence is as important as ODA to ending global poverty. …

ability to support new forms of decentralized aid must be accompanied by a greater commitment from donors to urban poverty …

low-wage growth path and increase the overall economic output of the region …