Projects on the future of aid at Overseas Development Institute, London
European Development Cooperation to 2010 Papers
This series of Briefing Papers identifies the main issues in the debate about European Development Cooperation to 2010. The EDC 2010 project has identified two main drivers of change with respect to European development cooperation. The first is the degree of commitment to Europe, the second the commitment to poverty reduction. The interaction of these two gives four possible European futures: at one extreme, a strong commitment both to coherent European action and to poverty reduction; at the other, a weak commitment to both Europe and poverty reduction; and, in between, two intermediate positions.
http://www.odi.org.uk/publications/briefing/edc/index.html
Southern Voices for Change in the International Aid System, 2005-2006
This debate on aid architecture has mainly been undertaken among (Northern) donors. Voices of Southern constituents in shaping such trends have been muted, especially among Southern-based CSOs. Very little seems to be available or to have been written on the subject, for a number of reasons. These include a lack of appropriate fora to promote dialogue and information sharing among Southern CSOs (the main international discussion fora are heavily biased towards donor views and Northern shareholder representation, and they offer a predominantly governmental perspective), weak capacity, language barriers, inadequate funding, and high transaction costs, among others. ODI launched the Southern Voices for Change in the International Aid System project to encourage Southern CSO engagement in the debate about the desirable future structure, instruments and major processes of international aid. Such engagement seems essential against the backdrop of the future scaling-up of aid and the consequent need for a more responsive and appropriate way to address the needs of the poor.
http://www.odi.org.uk/PPPG/cape/what_we_do/aid_effectiveness/engaging_in_debate.html