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A worms eye view of aid architecture…. Gaps and Challenges for Reform beyond the Paris Agenda Andrew Rogerson, Overseas Development Institute
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Framework Subsidiarity principle Paris agenda and its results A word on aid agency incentives Competition or Collective Action 5 supra-national policy steps
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Subsidiarity principle Assume perfect harmony locally Derive minimum changes globally Example: fragmentation Example: predictability Example: global public goods
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Paris Agenda and implicit results framework The Aid Effectiveness Pyramid Seven Habits Different country perspectives Transaction costs and their limitations
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Building partnerships that make aid more effective Harmonisation Alignment Ownership Common arrangements Simplification of procedures Sharing information Alignment on partners priorities Reliance on partners systems Partners set the agenda
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An alternative results framework Aid tail and domestic finance dog (More downward accountability) Input= institutional change Output= better resource management Outcome link= Institutions-> poverty But: Transplants? Causality? Proof?
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Aid Agency Incentives Preferences Diverge (trust, information) Agencies Mediate Conditions and commitment Devices Transaction costs versus uncertainty Perfect trust and staff incentives
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Competition vs Collaboration Increasing, but low fragmentation Cartel view and risks vs costs Unilateral action by recipients Unilateral action by donors Exhortation or financial pressures?
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Five complementary actions Balancing cross-country aid allocation Matching predictability and results Raising resources for ambitious PRS Mutual accountability and sanctions Code of conduct for vertical funds
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Balancing Allocations Problem: bilateral aid objectives diverge And: multilaterals performance based Therefore: donor darlings and orphans Rebalancing via multilaterals, IFF
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Alternative aid instruments Recipient : longer horizon, risk spread Donor: tangible results MDG outcome-based programs Large-scale recurrent cost support Verifiable outputs and outcomes
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Mutual Accountability Correcting basic asymmetry Assessing donor performance (eg DRI) Value at country level (Mozambique) But also need incentives/sanctions Market-based, eg IFF, discipline Unbundling aid funding and delivery
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its the money, stupid PRS closed on needs or availability? Too slow, not transparent adjustment Sachs: fast-tracking several countries But individual donor funds do not clear Need liquid reserve fund across donors
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