Aid Effectiveness

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More from the Series

Blog Post
The Missing Link? An Independent Fiduciary to Enable Paying for Outcomes
William Savedoff
July 26, 2019
In the world of foreign aid flows, the idea of paying for outcomes rather than inputs has a long history. Yet despite regular proclamations of interest in such approaches, the share of funding that is linked to outputs or outcomes instead of activities and processes remains quite small.
Blog Post
Focusing UK Research Aid Where It Matters
Lee Robinson et al.
July 25, 2019
The UK’s development agency, DFID, has stated that it views research as the best way to spend aid and that it intends to place high quality research central to its aid strategy. In a new paper, we find significant problems with the way that UK aid is being used to back rese...
Blog Post
Turkey’s Refugee Policy and Its Commitment to Development
Lee Robinson
and
Ian Mitchell
July 25, 2019
Migration is a crucial and cross-cutting topic within development—and one of the  seven current components in our annual Commitment to Development Index (CDI), which ranks rich countries on their dedication to policies that benefit people living in the poorest countries.
Blog Post
Results vs. Claims: Strengthening the UK’s Aid Watchdog
Ian Mitchell
and
Arthur Baker
July 17, 2019
ICAI has just entered its third four-year phase. ICAI is a major asset in ensuring aid is well-spent. Having reviewed ICAI’s prior work, we think ICAI could should focus more on “results claims”—that is, whether the estimates of expected benefits that underpin decision-making...
Blog Post
Leadership Ambitions: Four Opportunities for Rory Stewart, the UK’s New Secretary of State for Development
Ian Mitchell
and
Arthur Baker
May 08, 2019
Rory Stewart, the UK’s new Secretary of State for Development has big ambitions for the country. In light of Stewart’s self-declared candidacy for Prime Minister, we look at four areas where he can demonstrate his credentials and value to UK taxpayers, and bolster international effo...
POLICY PAPERS
The Quality of UK Aid Spending, 2011–2018: An Analysis of Evaluations by the Independent Commission on Aid Impact
Ian Mitchell
and
Arthur Baker
April 17, 2019
This paper analyses the grades awarded in the 65 primary reviews undertaken by the UK Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) over its first eight years of operation, from 2011 to 2018. It finds that ICAI has directly evaluated £28bn of UK aid over the period. Around four-fifths of spend ...
Blog Post
How Effective Is UK Aid? Assessing the Last 8 Years of Spending
Ian Mitchell
and
Arthur Baker
April 17, 2019
In our new policy paper, we take advantage of the fact that the impact of UK aid is independently assessed by the Independent Commission on Aid Impact (ICAI). Looking back over 8 years and 65 graded assessments, even with a focus on riskier projects, we find that almost 80 percent of UK aid ass...