Aid Effectiveness

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Blog Post
The Changing Development Paradigm: AFD’s Rémy Rioux on the CGD Podcast
October 17, 2022
CGD's Masood Ahmed speaks with Rémy Rioux of Agence Française de Développement about the fifth annual Development Leaders Conference, the perfect storm of crises facing development agencies, and how new ways of thinking and financing can help them achieve their goals. 
Press Release
Better evaluation of aid spending could save hundreds of millions of dollars, finds new study
July 19, 2022
The effects of most international development spending remain unknown, despite the potential for evaluation to save governments and aid agencies hundreds of millions of dollars and improve lives, according to a new large-scale analysis.
Blog Post
A Global Pandemic Needs A Global Response: US Contributions to COVID Relief
April 02, 2021
The American Rescue Plan—the massive COVID-19 relief package recently signed into law—has featured in plenty of headlines. While the vast majority of the nearly $1.9 trillion package is allocated to domestic relief and response, the legislation provides nearly $11 billion in supplemental internation...
Blog Post
Beyond the Visual: Media Exposure and Coordination in Humanitarian Emergencies
Mahyar Eftekhar et al.
March 30, 2021
It is easy to critique humanitarian organizations for inefficiencies and other flaws in their coordination functions. But deeper examination of issues such as media exposure and incentives to coordinate makes it clearer that, given their current funding model, their actions may be rational instituti...
Blog Post
The Case for Evidence-Based Innovation and Implications for USAID (and Beyond)
February 25, 2021
Governments, impact investors, and philanthropists are increasingly looking for innovative ways to address tricky development challenges. USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures (DIV)—which celebrated its 10-year anniversary last year—was set up to do just that.
CGD NOTES
An Overview of the Impact of Proposed Cuts to UK Aid
January 25, 2021
This note highlights a number of relevant figures in relation to the proposed reduction of the UK aid budget from 0.7% to 0.5% of gross national income (GNI) and looks at potential impacts.
Blog Post
Allocating Global Aid to Maximize Utility
January 11, 2021
In a paper and blog, Charles Kenny discusses the idea of the declining marginal utility of income and its potential use in allocation decisions.