Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54035 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2011/67
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Many concerns can be raised about the effectiveness of current aid programmes to developing countries. The appropriateness of aid is particularly questionable when one considers the likely character of the challenges that the global economy will confront in 2025, as suggested by alternative global scenario exercises. This paper argues for urgent reconsideration of the focus of aid by Development Assistance Committee (DAC) countries, extending from: the priorities that aid should be used for (with greater emphasis on global public good initiatives); the ways that DAC donors can contribute to these different policy objectives; and the roles that different aid actors should play.
Subjects: 
aid
global public goods
scenario analysis
JEL: 
F35
H41
O10
O19
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-434-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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