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Aid modalities

Extract out of Hot topics: Platform consensus on rural development issues of global significance

Platform members identified the ways that aid is delivered (“aid modalities”) in agriculture and rural development as an area warranting attention. Many felt that it is important to better define the roles of public and private sectors as well as those of donors and partners. Members recognised the importance of staying up-to-date on donor and partner experiences of, as well as lessons learned on, programme-based approaches and sector-wide approaches (SWAps). Budget-support and multi-sectoral approaches, as well as alternatives to SWAps, are also being used more often. This is an important trend. As donors and partners promote decentralisation efforts and territorial development, it is critical to build on effective aid-delivery practices (including budget support). Finally, members felt it is important to learn about screening methods and decision trees related to aid modalities.

Summary of Platform Policy Brief on Aid modalities

The Platform Policy Brief is currently being drafted by IFPRI.

Further Reading

• A review of Evidence of the Effectiveness of CIDA's Grants and Contributions, CIDA, December 2006
• From earmarked sector support to general budget support- development partners' experience, Norad, November 2004
• Budget support to Ghana: A risk worth taking?, ODI Briefing Paper 24, July 2007
• Evaluation of General Budget Support - Synthesis Report, OECD, May 2006
• Promoting Gender Equality in New Aid Modalities and Partnerships, UNIFEM discussion paper, March 2006
• From Project Aid towards Sector Support, An evaluation of the sector-wide approach in Dutch bilateral aid 1998-2005, The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 2006

Member Policies

Links

• Forum on the Future of Aid: Southern Voices of Change in the International Aid System, The Forum is an online community dedicated to research and opinions about how the international aid system currently works and where it should go next.
• OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC): The OECD DAC is the dedicated OECD body dealing with issues related to co-operation with developing countries.

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