"Deconstructing development discourse: buzzwords and fuzzwords", an OXFAM GB publication

Andrea Cornwall and Deborah Eade deconstruct the latest concepts of development jargon for our greatest pleasure.

Challenges for the Optimal Allocation of Educational Aid: Should MDG Priorities be more prominent? by Christopher Colclough

RECOUP Working Paper Series, 40, March 2011
This paper examines the criteria for aid allocation that are revealed by present practice in the education sector. Using a set of priorities suggested by the MDGs, and recent data on aid flows to different countries, it compares actual with "optimal" allocations according to different interpretations of educational "need". Focussing on British aid, it finds that there are sharp deviations between the volume of aid to education received by different countries and their requirements as suggested by "needs-based" criteria. Significant contrasts between relative resource requirements and aid provision to education are also present when looking at aid flows from all sources.

Relancer les objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement / Reinvigorating the Millennium Development Goals

Ce numéro de septembre 2010),  « Retrouver l'espoir: relancer les objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement», évalue le chemin parcouru vers les objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement (OMD) que tous les pays membres des Nations Unies et de nombreuses organisations internationales ont établis pour 2015.

English version available at:
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2010/09/index.htm

'Restoring Hope: Reinvigorating the Millennium Development Goals' assesses how the world is doing in meeting the MDGs--international development targets that all UN member countries and many international organizations have set for 2015.

DFID: Bilateral Support to Primary Education

The Department for International Development has successfully supported developing countries in progress against goals of universal enrolment in primary education and improved educational prospects for girls, according to a report published by the National Audit Office. However, quality of education and levels of attainment remain low and pupil and teacher absenteeism is still too high. The report concludes that, given tight resources for education in developing countries, a greater emphasis on quality and cost-effectiveness to achieve good value for money is especially important.

Inside the World Bank's Black Box Allocation System: How Well Does IDA Allocate Resources to the Neediest and Most Vulnerable Countries?

Center for Global Development, June 2010, Working Paper 216


During the last few International Development Association (IDA) replenishment negotiations, several large donors have pressed for reforms to further increase the share of IDA resources provided to the neediest and most vulnerable countries. While the proposed reforms take different forms, the philosophical thrust is the same—push IDA’s focus further down the development chain.
Ben Leo examines whether IDA’s existing performance-based allocation system (PBA) gives the developing world its fair share of funds. He says the system already has several built-in biases toward the neediest, but some donors feel it is not enough.

Alternatives internationales, hors-série n°7, déc 2009

Nous vous recommandons la lecture de ce numéro hors-série de Alternatives internationales (hors-série n°7, déc 2009) : "L'état de la mondialisation 2010". Vous le trouverez au Centre de Documentation dans la section Revues.
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