Unpacking Aid Effectiveness

This one-day workshop invites papers that access the topic of international aid effectiveness by examining the political, organisational and institutional dynamics within and among donor agencies to both unpack the contemporary logic of aid effectiveness and inform its future. The aim of the workshop is to explore the relationship between donor-related processes and structures, aid quality and development impact in a way that presents a richer understanding of donor dynamics than offered by international rankings of donor performance (Easterly and Pfutze, 2008, Birdsall and Kharas, 2010, Knack et al., 2010).  For this reason, fine-grained comparative empirical studies of donor structures, processes and practices are especially welcome.

Deadline for submission of abstracts is 15 February 2011.