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SPOTLIGHT: Foreign Aid


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Save to My Portfolio Better Aid: Responding to Gaps in Effectiveness

Homi Kharas and Johannes F. Linn, November 2008

Despite increasing aid volume and ministerial promises and commitments, there are gaps in the effectiveness of development aid. Using a two-pronged approach, Homi Kharas and Johannes Linn analyze these gaps and provide useful recommendations so that the aid architecture can be strengthened, aid flows coordinated and development sustainable—ultimately making aid better. Read More

Foreign Aid, Developing Countries, Economic Development, Global Economics, Global Poverty

Middle East Marriage Crisis


Reuters/Asmaa Waguih - An Egyptian couple chat at the top of a mountain area that looks over Cairo during a smoggy day.

Save to My Portfolio Light at the End of the Tunnel in Egypt's Marriage Crisis?

Navtej Dhillon and Ragui Assaad, November 23, 2008

Navtej Dhillon and Ragui Assaad share findings from new research by the Middle East Youth Initiative indicating that a series of reforms in Egypt has given young people easier access to rental housing. With housing more affordable so, too, is marriage, giving hope to numerous young people in the region who have delayed married life due to financial constraints. Read More

Middle East, Development, Egypt, Housing, Marriage and Family Formation

Spotlight: Development


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Save to My Portfolio Scaling Up Through Aid: The Real Challenge

Arntraud Hartmann and Johannes F. Linn, October 2008

Scaling up—expanding, adapting, and sustaining successful projects, programs, or policies over time—can substantially reduce poverty. Johannes Linn and Arntraud Hartmann outline the actions that bilateral and multilateral donors and private aid agencies need to take in order to support scaling up for effective, sustainable development. Read More

Development, Developing Countries, Economic Development, Foreign Aid, Global Economics

Global Governance


Reuters/Jonathan Ernst - Bush speaks to reporters in Rose Garden after meeting with G7 finance ministers and heads of international finance institutions in Washington.

Save to My Portfolio The G20 Summit: Could the Financial Crisis Push Global Governance Reform?

Colin I. Bradford and Johannes F. Linn, October 24, 2008

President Bush recently announced that he has invited the G20, or the heads of state from the top 20 industrialized and developing economies, to join an economic summit in Washington on November 15. According to Johannes Linn and Colin Bradford, inviting the full G20 to discuss the current global financial crisis represents a critical step in reforming financial and economic stability, relations and institutions. Read More

Global Governance, Economic Development, Developing Countries, Emerging Markets, Global Economics

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Measuring the Cost of Aid Volatility

Homi Kharas, July 2008

Aid volatility, caused by various reasons including shifts in the donor’s economic and political landscape, can negatively affect development growth. Homi Kharas measures the cost of aid volatility using a financial metric, which if used by policymakers, can create a better system of aid flows and effective development. At times, recipient countries can incur negative income shocks, and Kharas calculates that in recent years about 16 billion USD in development assistance has been lost to aid volatility. Read More

Past Event

Save to My Portfolio The Future of Foreign Aid

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
12:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC

On October 15, 2008, Brookings hosted Sadako Ogata, President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), for a briefing on the topic of foreign aid effectiveness and the future of aid. Read More

Save to My Portfolio Development: The New ‘Hip’ Career for Middle Eastern Youth?

The Middle East is increasingly affected by negative trends such as climate change, rising food prices, and diminishing supplies of water and arable land. The Middle East Youth Initiative asked young people in Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iran if their generation is rising to meet these regional and global challenges by pursuing careers in development. Read more

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio The California Consensus: Can Private Aid End Global Poverty?

Raj M. Desai, Homi Kharas, August-September 2008

The rise of private aid donors—foundations, NGOs, corporations, and individuals—is changing the landscape of development assistance. As private aid has doubled within the past decade, the developing world welcomes these new players, and Raj Desai and Homi Kharas argue that they have the potential to be more effective in ending global poverty than the traditional bilateral and multilateral aid agencies. Read More

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Middle East Global Economic Crisis: Mixed Forecast for Jordan and Syria

Navtej Dhillon, Nader Kabbani, Taher Kanaan, December 01, 2008

Foreign Aid Better Aid: Responding to Gaps in Effectiveness

Homi Kharas, Johannes F. Linn, November 2008

Middle East Light at the End of the Tunnel in Egypt's Marriage Crisis?

Navtej Dhillon, Ragui Assaad, November 23, 2008

Middle East Global Economic Crisis: Can Egypt Emerge as a Winner?

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