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Foreign aid and the failure of state building in Haiti under the Duvaliers, Aristide, Préval, and Martelly

Buss, Terry F. - 2013

Haiti, and who are totally self-interested - Haiti's fatal flaw. Donors can go far to improve aid effectiveness, but Haiti …

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South Sudan : the road from the Paris Declaration to the reality of Juba, 2005 - 11

Larson, Greg - 2013

During Sudan's "interim period" from the end of civil war in January 2005 until South Sudan's independence in July 2011, foreign development agencies provided extensive support and billions of dollars in aid - for which institutional development and capacity building of the nascent Government of...

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Aid targeting to fragile and conflict-affected states and implications for aid effectiveness

Carment, David; Samy, Yiagdeesen - 2019

While significant amounts of foreign aid have been allocated to the group of so-called fragile and conflict-affected states in recent years, it is not clear whether that aid is targeted to where it is most needed. This paper extends recent work by Carment and Samy, and focuses on aid targeting...

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Delivering good aid in hard places : the Yemen Social Fund for Development approach

Al-Iryani, Lamis; De Janvry, Alain; Sadoulet, Elisabeth - 2013

The Yemen Social Fund for Development (SFD) was established in 1997 with the support of the international community, and in particular the World Bank, to combat national poverty and reinforce the limited existing social safety net. Since its inception, SFD has been widely viewed as successful in...

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Politics, policies, and the effectiveness of foreign aid in fragile states

Ocran, Matthew Kofi - 2023

International development cooperation has evolved since the 1960s. The effectiveness of aid is still topical, but studies have not paid adequate attention to the relationship between sectoral aid, politics, institutions, and aid effectiveness in fragile states. Using data from 2002 to 2020, this...

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Aid effectiveness in fragile and conflict-affected contexts : lessons from more than two decades of research

Carment, David; Samy, Yiagadeesen - 2023

The objective of this paper is to focus on fragility research findings and examine what works or does not work in development aid and development cooperation in fragile and conflictaffected contexts. We draw on our own research findings as well as country-level studies. We examine questions of...

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What does the evidence tell us about "thinking and working politically" in development assistance?

Dasandi, Niheer; Laws, Edward; Marquette, Heather; … - 2019

This paper critically reviews evidence on "thinking and working politically" in development. Scholars and practitioners have increasingly recognised that development is fundamentally political, and efforts are underway to develop more politically informed ways of thinking and working. The...

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Donor relations and sovereignty

Flentø, Johnny; Simao, Leonardo Santos - 2020

. Donor dependency entailed some loss of agency for the government as it allowed donors to challenge its capacity but never … concerns, especially security and commerce. Mozambique should expect increasing instrumentalization of aid budgets by donors … developed to deal with donors are not well suited to today's challenges. They focus on less relevant areas of the relationship …

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'Embedded' assistance : Finn Church aid's secondment in Somalia

Lepistö, Rauli S.; Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Ojala, Jussi - 2015

Donors face distinct challenges in operating in fragile states and supporting the building of state capacity. This …

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State capability and prospects for close co-ordination : considerations for industrial policy in Africa

Gisselquist, Rachel M. - 2015

Recent research highlights the considerable potential of industrial policy to support structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa. Given the importance of the state in industrial policy, this paper considers the implications for these discussions of recent work on state fragility. It argues...

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