Aid Fragmentation and Swedish Bilateral Development Assistance
(2010) NEKK01 20102Department of Economics
- Abstract
- A recently discovered problem concerning foreign development assistance is that of its fragmentation. The concept of aid fragmentation refers to the composition of the flow of aid into a recipient country in terms of its origin. Highly fragmented aid is by definition that which is made up by contributions from a large share of the total number of potential donors. Sufficiently high fragmentation it is argued, has adverse effects on the efficiency of aid in a number of ways, some of which are set out in this paper. During the Paris High-Level Forum of Aid Effectiveness in 2005 aspects relating to fragmentation was brought to discussion. Following the conference, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs initiated a process of implementing a... (More)
- A recently discovered problem concerning foreign development assistance is that of its fragmentation. The concept of aid fragmentation refers to the composition of the flow of aid into a recipient country in terms of its origin. Highly fragmented aid is by definition that which is made up by contributions from a large share of the total number of potential donors. Sufficiently high fragmentation it is argued, has adverse effects on the efficiency of aid in a number of ways, some of which are set out in this paper. During the Paris High-Level Forum of Aid Effectiveness in 2005 aspects relating to fragmentation was brought to discussion. Following the conference, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs initiated a process of implementing a new development assistance policy. By examining data on aid flows over recent years, I attempt in this paper to find indications of any changes in the fragmentation of bilateral aid following the rise in consciousness, focusing on partners of Sweden. In addition I try to establish whether the presence of Sweden as a donor in a recipient country has a significant influence on the level of aid fragmentation. Results lead to my conclusion that Sweden, and the better part of the aid community, still has a long way to go in the process of reforming foreign development assistance. (Less)
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- author
- Larsson, Cecilia LU
- supervisor
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- Yves Bourdet LU
- organization
- course
- NEKK01 20102
- year
- 2010
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- transaction costs, fragmentation, foreign aid, development, Paris Declaration
- language
- English
- id
- 1746301
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- 2010-12-16 16:25:50
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- 2010-12-16 16:25:50
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