Aid Architecture

Over the last 20 years the amount of aid committed to international development has risen substantially, as has the number of multilateral agencies, bilateral members of OECD/DAC, non DAC governments and global Vertical Funds. As a result, development aid delivery has become more complex and fragmented.

The Paris Declaration is seen as an approach that will coordinate and harmonise aid to improve both delivery and the effectiveness of development aid. This will be achieved through increased involvement and ownership by national governments in priority setting and through “Direct Budgetary Support”. Many donor governments have already committed considerable funding to this mechanism.

This approach relies heavily on good governance and transparency within national governments to ensure that the money will both make it to the identified programmes and that it will have a poverty-reducing impact. As donors move away from micro-managing roles to supervisory ones, there is much greater requirement for policy dialogue interaction between donors, particularly between bilateral and multilateral donors. One downside of this approach is that it can exclude civil society groups and citizens from political dialogue.

Harewelle has experience of working closely with both donors and governments on policy issues. This has been through the design of terms of reference for programmes, national development strategies, as well as working closely with donors to develop clear sectoral development approaches and strategies.

Examples of our projects include:

United Kingdom - Evaluation of DFID's Work in Conflict Zones

Papua New Guinea - Feasibility Study - Education, Training and HRD Development Programme