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BRIEF

Reforming UK Research and Development ODA for Maximum Development Impact
Lee Robinson et al.
June 30, 2020
Lee Robinson, Euan Ritchie, and Charles Kenny explore how the UK can heighten its R&D official development assistance spend.
Blog Post

If Development Finance Institutions Are Providing Aid, They Should Act Accordingly
Charles Kenny
June 10, 2020
How should member countries of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee classify their support to private sector investments in developing countries though development finance institutions? Either way, donors have decided that DFIs are in the aid business. And that means that DFIs shoul...
CGD NOTE

When Does “What Works” Work? And What Does that Mean for UK Aid R&D Spend?
Charles Kenny et al.
October 04, 2019
The UK’s Secretary of State for International Development oversees an aid-financed R&D budget that is larger than that of the next 15 biggest donors combined. At the moment, a considerable proportion of that UK R&D spend goes towards solving global technological challeng...
Blog Post

Reforming UK Research and Development ODA for Greater Impact
Euan Ritchie et al.
October 04, 2019
Building on a recent paper on UK ODA-financed research and development that discussed some of the issues with the current funding allocation model for R&D including around transparency and the fact that it was largely (de facto) “tied” to UK institutions, this blog explores different...