Full Coverage: Aid

25.10.2009 All those funding proposals written by aid agencies rarely deliver what they promise because they are written by people far away from the action. We need grassroots business plans. Well, maybe... Aid Watch

12.10.2009 A BBC analysis takes Uganda as a case study to examine the Africa-wide problem that generous funding for HIV/AIDS programmes has not been matched by the broader health insfrastructure. BBC News

27.09.2009 Duncan Green assesses the prospect that donors will rob aid budgets to meet demands for climate change adaptation. From Poverty to Power

27.09.2009 William Easterly is critical of the UN basis of calculating that the economic crisis will add 100 million to the numbers experiencing extreme poverty in 2009. Fair enough, but is he suggesting that poverty is falling? Aid Watch

27.09.2009 A useful summary of the various international funding sources for climate change mitigation and adaptation. IRIN News

16.09.2009 A reminder that most foreign aid is disbursed in western currencies and reaches beneficiaries only through the mechanics of conversion into local currency. Owen Abroad

07.09.2009 Owen Barder takes a close look at the idea of a currency transaction tax. Lord Turner's resurrection of the proposal has stirred up a hornet's nest in the City of London. Owen Abroad

07.09.2009 Elizabeth Pisani, author of Wisdom of Whores, discusses how the Obama administration might influence the direction of spending on HIV/AIDS. Global Health

17.08.2009 A discussion of the merits of foreign aid payments released as cash-on-delivery of targets, proposed by the UK Conservative Party. From Poverty to Power

03.08.2009 Despite promises by G8 leaders to prioritise food security, the World Food Programme is in trouble with its budget for 2009. Cuts in school feeding programmes highlight the contrast with school meals provided in richer countries.

27.07.2009 Over the last year the Sri Lankan government has upset UN agencies, outraged human rights groups and insulted European ministers. Why has the IMF agreed to a $2.6 billion loan facility?

19.07.2009 A measure of the Tory Party's move to the centre ground is its commitment to maintain Labour's aid budget. Duncan Green reviews a policy discussion document. From Poverty to Power

19.07.2009 Valuable analysis of the regional power relationships influencing Sri Lanka's prospects of obtaining IMF funding. groundviews

19.07.2009 Experience to date suggests that funds for adaptation and other climate-related programmes in developing countries are not being channeled in the most effective way. Bretton Woods Project

19.07.2009 Are single issue donor initiatives the right answer for critical health problems such as maternal health? Global Health

19.07.2009 Harry Rud finds ten reasons to feel guilty about his two years as an aid worker in Afghanistan. Harry Rud

11.07.2009 Professor Paul Collier's ideas about prioritising aid for governance and security in post-conflict states have strongly influenced the latest UK government proposals. US commentators are less convinced. Boston Review

11.07.2009 It's no use piling money into specific illnesses such as HIV and malaria if there is no health system to deliver the programme. Rumours abound that the big agencies need to talk to each other. Center for Global Development

11.07.2009 The UK is now the world's third largest aid donor. This makes the plans for new priorities all the more controversial. IRIN News

19.06.2009 New world hunger figures out today are a "shameful blot" on G8 countries, whose inaction is causing hunger to spiral out of control, says a development group.
+ World hunger hits historic high, says UN