Aid and Reform in Africa

Assessing Aid

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Aid and Reform in Africa

The Development Research Group of the World Bank is currently conducting a research project on "Aid and Reform in Africa". The aim of the project is to arrive at a better understanding of the links between foreign aid and policy reforms in Africa. The study will focus on the causes of reform and analyze if and how aid has encouraged, generated, influenced, supported, or retarded reforms. The aim is to analyze the reform processes rather than the results of the reforms. We propose to achieve our objective by undertaking a series of country case studies.

On this site you will find:

• Country case study papers.
• The Terms of Reference for the project.
• The Final report
• Radio news release

Assessing Aid: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why

This World Bank Policy Research report was published in November 1998. Summary materials include the news release (in five languages), Powerpoint slides prepared by David Dollar, one of the report's main authors, and the report Overview (the slides and Overview are available in English, French, and Spanish). The full report in English is available online in PDF files. For answers to common questions, see our Q & A.

To obtain a copy of the report, please place an order.

Research papers on aid effectiveness provide details on the analysis that went into the report.

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