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  Skip to Main After Accra: Delivering on the Agenda for Action
Committing to Effective Aid: Why can’t donors walk their talk?
The Struggle for Ownership of Assistance: Health and HIV/AIDS in Rwanda
The Millennium Challenge Account: Making U.S. foreign assistance more effective?
Germany Seeks Influence by Setting Example of Being a Multilateral Team Player on Aid Effectiveness
Brazil as an Emerging Donor: Huge potential and growing pains
Partnering for Progress: A new approach to capacity development after Accra
Aid Effectiveness and Governance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Development Marketplace Helps Scale up Grassroots Innovation that Reduces Poverty
Promoting Aid Effectiveness from the Bottom Up with ICTs
Multi-Donor Trust Funds: Instruments of first choice for post-crisis situations?


After Accra: Delivering on the Agenda for Action
—Guest Editorial
Jeffrey Gutman

What is needed to deliver on the AAA, and what the international donors and the World Bank Group need to do.

Committing to Effective Aid: Why can't donors walk their talk?
Eckhard Deutscher

Why has harmonization among donor-countries been elusive? The article discusses attempts by the DAC of the OECD to get donors aligned and sustain the alignment.

The Struggle for Ownership of Assistance: Health and HIV/AIDS in Rwanda
John Rwangombwa

Aid earmarking reflects donor priorities more than those of the recipient country. Rwanda has sought to reform its health care system, while donor funding was focused on fighting HIV/AIDS.

AID REFORM: A TALE OF TWO DONORS

The U.S. and Germany each undertook a major effort to reform their respective development aid programs. Their paths were different, but both programs incorporate principles present in the AAA. To what extent have these reform efforts succeeded?"

The Millennium Challenge Account: Making U.S. foreign assistance more effective?
Sheila Herrling and Steve Radelet

Germany Seeks Influence by Setting Example of Being a Multilateral Team Player on Aid Effectiveness
Hans Dembowski



Brazil as an Emerging Donor: Huge potential and growing pains
Paulo Sotero

This article offers an examination of Brazil's experience as a new donor: its purposes, goals, and the effectiveness of its approach.

Partnering for Progress: A new approach to capacity development after Accra
Mark Nelson and Ajay Tejasvi

Much technical assistance aimed at building capacity has failed to deliver the results sought. The article examines the causes and the possible solutions.

Aid Effectiveness and Governance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Daniel Kaufmann

Good governance and political corruption should be considered when aid flows to governments.

Development Marketplace Helps Scale up Grassroots Innovation that Reduces Poverty
Elena Altieri and Christopher Neal

This article presents examples of grassroots aid projects and programs that deliver results, within the framework of the Development Marketplace. It discusses the extent to which such community-based efforts can be replicated.

Promoting Aid Effectiveness from the Bottom Up with ICTs
Caroline Figuères, Denise Senmartin, Hilde Eugelink

The article offers examples of projects sponsored by IICD in Africa and Latin America that confirm the lasting impact of ICT on poverty alleviation.

Multi-Donor Trust Funds: Instruments of first choice for post-crisis situations?
Leonie Guder

MDTFs can enhance aid effectiveness by reducing transaction costs and by mitigating the high risk levels inherent in post-crisis situations.



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