Africa: resources related to the international aid system (annotated bibliography)
Africa: reviews of aid reform literature
Africa Literature Review I
Moses Isooba, Community Development Resource Network, UgandaAfrica Literature Review II
Rueben L. Lifuka, Dialogue Africa,Lusaka, ZambiaFeedback on Literature Reviews
Comments on the Africa Literature Reviews
Siapha Kamara, Social Enterprise Development (SEND) Foundation of West AfricaComments on the Africa Literature Reviews
Christopher Mwakasege, Tanzania Social and Economic Trust, Arusha, TanzaniaComments on the Africa Literature Reviews
Charles Lwanga-Ntale, Development Research and Training (DRT), UgandaComments from Africa Literature Review Author
Paper in response by Jusu Ngobeh, National Coordinator, Children and Youth for Peace Network Sierra LeoneLiterature reviews were done as part of the Southern Voices Project.
Which Way the Future of Aid? Southern Civil Society Perspectives on Current Debates on Reform to the International Aid System
This Working Paper has its origin in the ODI project 'Southern Voices for Change in the International Aid System'. The original draft served as the basis for discussion at a workshop organised by ODI in November 2005, with collaborators from Africa, Asia and Latin America, as well as representatives from the donor community and from Northern-based NGOs. Drawing on comments made by Southern CSO representatives involved in the project, the paper aims to provide an analysis of the forces shaping the structure and operations of the international aid system. It examines current (mostly Northern) perceptions of problems inherent in and reforms necessary to the aid architecture, and explores Southern responses to this, focusing particularly on views and proposals from civil society organisations (CSOs) based in the South.
Donor concern over IMF cap on aid increases
In this article, Joseph Hanlon studies the contradiction of aid in Mozambique: as a result of public pressure several European governments are willing to increase aid to Mozambique, but the IMF maintains the money must go to private sector projects, against the wishes of the European donors.
Ugandan aid cuts: Good riddance to ‘phantom’ aid
In this article Julius Kapwepwe Mishambi, Programme Officer for the Uganda Debt Network, examines the consequences for the the Ugandan government’s budget support programme of from reduced donor funding. Citing recent progress in Kenya with neither aid or loans from the World Bank, he argues that Africa needs to break free of the 'donor dependency syndrome' and become more independent from donor aid.
All Rock, No Action
In this New York Times Op-Ed piece, Jean-Claude Shanda Tomme contends the July 2005 Live 8 concerts held around world were an insult to Africans, and argues that Africans are troubled that Live 8 participants have been so misguided about what Africa's real problem is--Africa's corrupt despots and venal presidents for life. The article stresses that Africans did not hear anyone at Live 8 concerts raise a cry for democracy in Africa, while the fight against poverty is fruitless if dictatorships remain in place.
Policy (in) coherence in European Union Support to Developing Countries: A three country case study
Louise Hilditch. Gerrishon K. Ikiara, Moses M. Ikiara, Walter Odhiambo, Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir and Raquel Souza, ActionAid Alliance, October 2003
This policy brief (PDF) attempts to gauge the impact of EU policies on the people and economies of Bangladesh, Brazil and Kenya. The brief focuses to what extent the EC's development themselves form a coherent approach and contains in-depth country studies examining EU policies and their impact on poor people in developing countries.
Tanzania: The Travails of a Donor Democracy
The Travails of a Donor Democracy explores impact of donors influence on national and local politics in Tanzania.
Africans on Africa: Debt
For one week in July, the BBC did a series on looking at African problems through African eyes. In this piece, Andrew Mwenda, a Ugandan radio journalist and presenter of a controversial and high-profile nightly radio show, reflects on aid and debt relief, and he offers a critical assessment of what aid has accomplished in Uganda over the last 40 years.
