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| What were we saying in Reality of Aid 2002? |
The Reality of Aid 2002 was officially launched at the UN Financing for Development Summit in Mexico.
Here are some of the things we were saying about aid trends:
- the world's donor countries arriving at the Summit have never been richer – but aid declined by almost 12% over the preceding decade
- the poorest people in the world are paying the price of rich countries getting their economies in order – aid as a share of central government spending fell from 0.82% in 1990 to 0.58% in 2000
- progress on efforts to reduce the commercial and political priorities that keep aid tied to donor interests is very slow
- most aid spending is still not focused on the sectors that are most likely to benefit the poorest.
Read more analysis on aid trends in Never richer, never meaner (PDF).
Overview: aid trends
Read Never richer, never meaner
Themes
Read Conditionality and ownership
External links
Visit the Reality of Aid project site – Reality of Aid reports since 2002 – Reality Checks since 2002
Visit the Global Humanitarian Assistance site – our independent project to monitors aid flows
| Conditionality and ownership |
Official development assistance (ODA) is a critical resource for implementing strategies to overcome poverty. But efforts are hampered by highly conditional aid regimes.
In a chapter on conditionality and ownership, we made a set of recommendations:
- aid and debt cancellation have to be de-linked from conditions
- donors should support the efforts of national governments committed to developing their own development strategies and poverty reduction plans rather than externally imposed PRSPs
- reliance on technical assistance from donor countries needs to be reduced
- there needs to be public and political commitment to increasing resources for international cooperation.
Read more analysis on aid trends in Conditionality and ownership (PDF).
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