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| What were we saying in Reality Check 2001? |
Reality Check 2001 looked at some central issues surrounding the limitations on aid and ways that a reformed aid regime could become a catalyst for wider change:
- What are the true motivations for aid?
- How much aid is 'real aid'?
- What are the underlying reasons for the co-existence of aid and debt?
- Why is it OK to cancel debt for the rich but not for the poor?
- Why are donors so addicted to conditions?
- Can ownership be reconciled with conditionality?
- Democracy and hypocrisy: who sets standards on governance?
These themes were explored at a Reality of Aid international committee advisory meeting and later taken up in Reality of Aid 2002.
| Reality Checks |
Reality Check 2001 was born out of a Reality of Aid international advisory committee meeting held in September 2000.
The meeting explored the themes of conditionality and ownership. It included contributions from:
- Development Initiatives – background paper by Judith Randel and Tony German
- The Policy Team, the Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCIC) – background paper by Brian Tomlinson
- Uganda Debt Network.– background paper by Warren Nyamugasira
Reality Checks are now the official newsletter of the Reality of Aid project.
Overview
1. Introduction 2. Poverty, inequality and aid: rhetoric and reality 3. Data on aid and policy (PDFs)
OECD reports
Read country-by-country data on aid and policy (PDF, 680KB)
Themes
Read southern perspectives on development cooperation (PDF, 380KB)
Background papers
Read Judith and Tony's Notes on ownership and conditionality
Read Brian's Notes on new aid partnerships
Read Warren's Notes on poverty and conditionality
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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