3 - Can Africa Make Use of the New Aid Architecture?
Corresponding Author(s) : Lennart Wohlgemuth
Africa Development,
Vol. 33 No. 4 (2008): Africa Development: Special Issue Public Sector Reforms in Africa
Abstract
In 2005, an agreement was reached in Paris between a large number of donor countries and institutions and recipient countries on how to make aid more efficient. This new agreement, called the Paris Declaration, if it is handled rightly, can open up increased ownership of their development agenda for the recipient countries. The agreement is in itself nothing new – it contains ingredients that had been discussed since the 1970s and agreed upon a number of times. The newness is that a number of recipient countries were active in developing the underlying concepts and that there is the opportunity, for those who can take it, of seizing the initiative in the development dialogue. This article argues that the agreement will not lead to automatic improvement but will require the active participation of the host countries.
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- Karlsson, M., 1998, For a Genuine Partnership with Emerging Africa, in Kayizzi- Mugerwa, S. et al., Towards a New Partnership with Africa: Challenges and Opportunities, Uppsala: The Nordic Africa Institute.
- Kayizzi-Mugerwa, S., Olukoshi, A. O. and Wohlgemuth, L. (eds), 1998, Towards a New Partnership with Africa: Challenges and opportunities, Uppsala: The Nordic Africa Institute.
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- Ministry of Finance, Tanzania, 2006, Practical Experience on How Aid Works in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam.
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, 1997, Partnership with Africa: Proposals for a New Swedish Policy Towards Sub-Saharan Africa, Stockholm: Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, 1997/98, Africa on the Move: Revitalising Swedish Policy Towards Africa for the 21st Century, Stockholm: Government Communication SKR 1997/98 122.
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- Wohlgemuth, L., 2006, Changing Aid Modalities in Tanzania, ECDPM, Policy Management Brief No. 17.
References
Karlsson, M., 1998, For a Genuine Partnership with Emerging Africa, in Kayizzi- Mugerwa, S. et al., Towards a New Partnership with Africa: Challenges and Opportunities, Uppsala: The Nordic Africa Institute.
Kayizzi-Mugerwa, S., Olukoshi, A. O. and Wohlgemuth, L. (eds), 1998, Towards a New Partnership with Africa: Challenges and opportunities, Uppsala: The Nordic Africa Institute.
Kifle, H., Olukoshi, A. O. and Wohlgemuth, L. (eds), 1997, A New Partnership for African Development: Issues and Parameters, Uppsala: The Nordic Africa Institute.
Ministry of Finance, Tanzania, 2006, Practical Experience on How Aid Works in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, 1997, Partnership with Africa: Proposals for a New Swedish Policy Towards Sub-Saharan Africa, Stockholm: Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, 1997/98, Africa on the Move: Revitalising Swedish Policy Towards Africa for the 21st Century, Stockholm: Government Communication SKR 1997/98 122.
Odén, B. and Tinnes, T., 2003, Tanzania: New Aid Modalities and Donor Harmonisation, Norad Report, 8/2003.
Olukoshi, A., 2006, African Perspectives on the Commission for Africa Report, in Codesria Bulletin 2&4, 2006
Paris High Level Forum, 2005, Toward Enhanced Aid Effectiveness – High-Level Forum: Harmonisation, Alignment and Results, Paris, 28 February–2 March. [Background note: http://www.adb.org/documents/events/2005/2nd-High-Level-Forum/media-backgrounder.pdf]
Rogerson, A., 2005, What if Aid Harmonisation and Alignment Occurred Exactly as Intended? A Reality Check on the Paris Forum on Aid Effectiveness, Draft paper for the ODI–Development Centre Workshop on Research Perspectives on Aid Architecture, 4 February.
Wangwe, S., forthcoming, Changing Aid Modalities and Tanzania Development Assistance Partnerships.
Wohlgemuth, L., 2006, Changing Aid Modalities in Tanzania, ECDPM, Policy Management Brief No. 17.