I think this thread might be overestimating the tractability of this problem… Aid effectiveness definitely isn’t a new topic …
As far as I can tell (as the author of the Charity Entrepreneurship report) driving short term changes to aid budgets and spending patterns is tractable, but driving long-term improvements are much less tractable. It is an inherently non-sticky area of policy where successive governments tend to rewrite the rulebook.
If this hypothesis is correct it explains the trend you identify here. It also suggest that work in this space is limited as improvements to aid quality may only last a few years. Charity Entrepreneurship still considered it high value despite this limitation.
Thanks for sharing. Looks a very interesting report. I think very plausible that this is a non-sticky area of policy… or perhaps that there are strong forces which tend to make donors revert to a less-effective equilibrium.
As far as I can tell (as the author of the Charity Entrepreneurship report) driving short term changes to aid budgets and spending patterns is tractable, but driving long-term improvements are much less tractable. It is an inherently non-sticky area of policy where successive governments tend to rewrite the rulebook.
If this hypothesis is correct it explains the trend you identify here. It also suggest that work in this space is limited as improvements to aid quality may only last a few years. Charity Entrepreneurship still considered it high value despite this limitation.
See: https://3394c0c6-1f1a-4f86-a2db-df07ca1e24b2.filesusr.com/ugd/26c75f_9fabb713c4c245f4beab12d0b0ca491d.pdf
Thanks for sharing. Looks a very interesting report. I think very plausible that this is a non-sticky area of policy… or perhaps that there are strong forces which tend to make donors revert to a less-effective equilibrium.