DEVT 3100 - Aid Policy and Administration

This course examines issues related to aid effectiveness. It begins by examining the scholarly debate over whether aid has been effective in promoting economic growth and poverty reduction in developing countries in recent decades. It then moves on to a discussion of the factors that shape aid effectiveness, focusing on both contextual political economy factors and factors related to the ways in which donors deliver and administer aid. In respect of the latter, the course will examine how the structure of the international aid architecture and different aid modalities shape aid effectiveness. The course will draw extensively on case study material from donor practice.