Aid Reborn: New Actors, New Assumptions
June 23, 2009
The landscape of foreign aid and development is changing dramatically, with new actors, both public and private, challenging the international aid architecture, and a new generation of workers challenging its assumptions. WPR examines Aid Reborn.
Aid Reborn: New Actors, New Assumptions
June 23, 2009
China's Challenge to the International Aid Architecture
China's rise has sparked enormous interest in its development model and the contrast that presents to much of the "Washington Consensus" on development policy. China's development aid reflects, in part, its understanding and assumptions about the road out of poverty. In this and other ways, it presents a challenge to the international aid architecture.
Aid Reborn: New Actors, New Assumptions
June 23, 2009
Are Private Actors Revolutionizing Foreign Aid?
When Warren Buffett donated $30 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation a few years ago, many observers heralded the arrival of a new age of private philanthropy. Yet, thus far, little is actually known about the scale, scope and impact of foundation engagement in international development, and Sub-Saharan African countries in particular.
Aid Reborn: New Actors, New Assumptions
June 23, 2009
The Challenges and Opportunities of Gender Equality in Development
As we approach the 15th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, gender-equality advocates around the world are taking stock to assess what should come next. While progress has been made at policy levels, difficulties persist in translating policy into practice.