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Is the IMF Excessively Restricting the Spending of Aid?
A recent evaluation by the IMF Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) suggests that some of its programs with low-income countries may be unduly restricting the spending of additional aid. But the results vary a lot from country to country.
Moving the MCA Message Beyond the Beltway
As many of you MCA Monitor followers know, I wish the U.S. government did a better job at getting out across America and communicating why foreign assistance for global development is in the interests of everyday Americans. And, in particular, why the principles underlying the creation of the Millennium Challenge Account should resonate with most citizens, across party lines, who care deeply about the image of the U.S. in the world.
Time For A Change At The World Bank
In 2005 as Paul Wolfowitz began his presidency of the World Bank, I and others set out an agenda for him --- to rescue the World Bank from slow decline into irrelevane and obscurity (see the CGD working group report: The Hardest Job in the World: Five Crucial Tasks for the New President of the World Bank)
Global Service Fellowships: Like the Scott Family Fellowships in Liberia!
Seeking a way to engage American volunteers and Congress in "concrete initiatives that lift up the lives of the poor throughout the world," a proposal for Global Service Fellowships has just been floated by our friends across the street at Brookings: David Caprara, John Bridgeland and Harris Wofford:
The IPCC Predicts Future Flood Disasters - Who Will Bear the Risk?
The second working group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is charged with estimating the impact of global warming on specific regions of the world. Their summary report for policymakers (pdf), released in Brussels today, predicts that "Drought-affected areas will likely increase in extent.
The End of a Golden Age of Aid Enthusiasm?
Alan Beattie's report in the Financial Times that aid to Africa has stalled despite the pledges made at the 2005 G8 summit in Gleneagles makes me wonder: will the aid community look back on the years 2001-2005 as a Golden Age of Aid Enthusiasm that was rapidly overtaken by reality?
Gleneagles Aid Commitments: What is the IMF Projecting?
In Tuesday's Financial Times, Alan Beattie pointed to the disturbing implications of recent OECD data on aid spending. Excluding once-off debt relief to Nigeria, aid to Africa stalled in 2006 and overall aid fell. Of course, these estimates look at the recent past. Perhaps the outlook will be better going forward? Unfortunately, the IMF does not seem to think so.
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