The Donors’ Dilemma: Emergence, Convergence and the Future of Foreign Aid

 

As poverty declines, what if the remaining pockets of poverty are increasingly focused in countries where aid is already on the way to becoming irrelevant as domestic resources grow - such as some middle income countries - or in countries which cannot absorb aid easily and quickly – meaning many fragile states?



This is the question addressed by contributors to Global Policy’s first e-book entitled ‘The Donors’ Dilemma: Emergence, Convergence and the Future of Aid', guest edited by Dr Andy Sumner, Co-Director, King’s International Development Institute, King’s College London, and Tom Kirk, Researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Contents



INTRODUCTION



Andy Sumner - The Donors’ Dilemma: Emergence, Convergence and the Future of Foreign Aid


 

SECTION I - NEW APPROACHES: FROM TRADITIONAL AID TO GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS



1. Nancy Birdsall - The Future of Aid: 2030 ODA No More



2. Myles Wickstead - The Future of Aid and Beyond



3. Jonathan Glennie - A Manifesto for International Public Finance in the 21st Century



4. Inge Kaul - Time to Think in Terms of Global Public Policy



5. José Antonio Alonso - From ODA to a Global Development Policy



6. David Ritter and Jessica Panegyres - Climate Change and the Future of Aid



7. Asuncion Lera St. Clair - Transforming Development Aid


 

SECTION II - NEW OBJECTIVES: FROM POVERTY REDUCTION TO EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT



8. Erik Solheim - The Age of Equality



9. Duncan Green - Shifting the Focus to Knowledge, Inequality and Universal Challenges



10. Ravi Kanbur - Resetting IDA’s Graduation Policy



11. Tony Addison and Finn Tarp - Aid and Growth in Africa



12. Vivan Sharan - Traditional Aid Has No Future: Markets and India’s Lines of Credit



13. Jason Hickel- Aid in Reverse: How Poor Countries Develop Rich


 

SECTION III - NEW MOTIVATIONS: FROM POST-COLONIAL CHARITY TO DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AS FAIRER GLOBAL GOVERNANCE



14. David Held and Kyle McNally - Globalisation and Development



15. Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah - From Charity to Social Justice



16. Thomas Pogge - Addressing the Structural Roots of Persistent Underdevelopment



17. John Podesta - Beyond Zero Sum



18. Linah K. Mohohlo - A Change in Mindset is needed if Aid is to Remain Relevant



19. Karl Muth - Aid Circa 2032: Three Players, No Winners


 

SECTION IV - NEW WAYS OF WORKING: FROM ALLOCATING MONEY TO WORKING CATALYTICALLY



20. Simon Maxwell - What is the future of International Development?



21. Ben Ramalingam - Aid on the Edge of Chaos: Rethinking international cooperation in a complex world



22. Edward R. Carr - The Future is Already Being Fed



23. Shanta Devarajan - Aid as Disruption



24. Andy Sumner – Did global poverty just fall a lot, quite a bit or not at all?


 

CONCLUSION



25. Andy Sumner and Tom Kirk - The Donors’ Dilemma: A wrap up of the debate

 

 

Citation: Sumner, A. and Kirk, T. (2014) The Donors’ Dilemma: Emergence, Convergence and the Future of Foreign Aid. London: Global Policy.