Working Paper #2015-014
Inside the Black Box: Contributions to the discussion on official development assistance
The effectiveness of Official Development Assistance is heavily debated.
The emergence of new donors and the recent establishment of novel
development actors, such as the BRICS-powered ‘New Development Bank’,
will complement or substitute traditional financial flows and
development cooperation. This transition in the geo-political landscape
of development assistance presents an opportunity for traditional donors
and recipients of ODA to reassess and possibly refine development
cooperation, ultimately leading to improved ODA delivery and an opening
of the “black box of development assistance”. Inside the Black Box
presents ideas from future leaders and university students on how to
best improve ODA’s effectiveness despite the intertwined maze of aid
ineffectiveness. Essays included in this compilation cover topics
addressing transparency and accountability, the barrier between ODA
workers and community members, cross-sector collaboration,
under-reporting, procurement and issues underlying the levels of
governance amongst others.
- Keywords
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- official development assistance
- development priorities
- aid effectiveness
- institutional change
- JEL codes
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- O20
- O43
Cite this as
APA 7th ed.Freeman, I., Low, C., Salsal, S., Toczydlowska, E., & Kool, T. A. (2015). Inside the Black Box: Contributions to the discussion on official development assistance (UNU-MERIT Working Paper No. 2015-014). UNU-MERIT. https://unu-merit.nl/publications/working-papers/abstract/?id=5653