Tag Archives: International Organisations

Characteristics of the new foreign aid architecture and ways forward

Posted on December 23, 2017 by ipeanddevelopment

Introduction Countries have developed at various paces, some of them as a result of foreign aid or more officially known as Official Development Assistance ODA. In recent years, there have been many changes to the ODA architecture, including 1) a … Continue reading →

Posted in DFID, Humanitarian Aid, IDA, International Development, International Development Association, International Political Economy, Millennium Development Goals, Posts, SDGs, sustainable development goals | Tagged China, Department for International Development, donors, foreign aid, International Development, International Organisations, IOs, Multilateral Aid Review, Multilateral Organisations, multlateral aid, new donors, non-core aid, non-traditional donors, ODA, OECD, OECD-DAC, Official Development Assistance, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development-Development Assistance Committee, Sustainable Development, sustainable development goals, trusts funds | Leave a comment

Some people still don’t get the AIIB or…

Posted on May 4, 2015 by ipeanddevelopment

they are dumb neoliberals or just dumb. Take is crappy forum page article for instance by a certain Mr. Teo (Singaporean or someone from Singapore). IT IS regrettable that the United States and Japan have not joined the Asian Infrastructure … Continue reading →

Posted in International Development, International Development Association, Posts | Tagged AIIB, AoA, Articles of Agreement, ASEAN, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Association of Southeast Asian nations, black government, China, Global Economic Governance, gobal governance, governance, Headquarters, IDA, IMF, International Development, International Development Association, International Monetary Fund, International Organisations, IO, Japan, neoliberal, neoliberalism, new world order, Singappore, United States, US, World Bank | Leave a comment

The IDC vs BOND: A clash over 0.7%

Posted on February 5, 2013 by ipeanddevelopment

So recently, the UK Parliament‘s Commons Select Committee for International Development published a report titled Department for International Development’s Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12 (It was in response to this. See also this additional part. Amongst the recommendations by the … Continue reading →

Posted in DFID, International Development, Posts | Tagged 0.7%/GNI, agency slack, Department for International Development, DFID, House of Commons, IDC, International Development, International Development Select Committee, International Organisations, International Political Economy, IOs, IPE, Malcolm Bruce, Multilateral Organisations, principal-agent theory, Sir Malcolm Bruce | 2 Comments

Re-post from The Birmingham Brief: A critical assessment of the 2011 UK multilateral and bilateral aid reviews

Posted on April 21, 2011 by ipeanddevelopment

Here ishow my post that appearred on Birmingham University’s Birmingham Brief–an articled titled “A critical assessment of the 2011 UK multilateral and bilateral aid reviews”
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Posted in Andrew Mitchell, DFID, Harriet Harman, IDA, International Development, Official Development Assistance, Posts, Poverty Reduction, Rushanara Ali | Tagged Bilateral Aid Review, Birmingham Brief, Coalition Government, Department for International Development, DFID, foreign aid, HERR, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Emergency Response Review, International Organisations, International Political Economy, IPE, Jiesheng Li, LDCs, Multilateral Aid Review, ODA, Official Development Assistance, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, principal-agent theory, UK Conservative Party, UK Labour Party, UK Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom, University of Birmingham, Value for Money | Leave a comment

0.7%? 0.07%? 7%? The lure and wonder over how much aid countries should give

Posted on February 27, 2011 by ipeanddevelopment

But you can give 0.7, or 0.07 or 7% of your income (as some super rich countries should give), but if you do so along with a fixed set of norms that has been detrimental to the recipient–and you–then is is useless to give the money in the first place… Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigning, DFID, Harriet Harman, IMF, International Development, MCA, MCC, Millennium Development Goals, ODI, Official Development Assistance, Posts, Poverty Reduction, USAID, World Bank | Tagged 0.7%/GNI, aid effectiveness, aid reform, bilateral aid, Center for Global Development, Department for International Development, DFID, Doha Declaration for Financing for Development, donors, Ed Miliband, foreign aid, Harriet Harman, Harrod-Domar Model, IMF, International Monetary Fund, International Organisations, Jan Tinbergen, MDGs, Michael Clemens, Millennium Challenge Account, Millennium Challenge Cooperation, Millennium Development Goals, Monterrey Consensus, neoliberalism, ODI, OECD, Official Development Assistance, Overseas Development Institute, Pearson Commission, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, Shadow Front Bench, Todd Moss, UK Labour Party, United Nations, United States, US, US aid policy, USAID, Washington Consensus, World Bank, World Council of Churches | 12 Comments

IPE-ID Clash 2: States and International Organisations

Posted on January 13, 2011 by ipeanddevelopment

The second clash in the fields of International Political Economy and International Development regarding states and International Organisations Continue reading →