Aid is still an important feature of the development landscape. Fragile states, in particular, have the greatest … development needs but due to their poor governance they are the least likely countries to use aid effectively to meet their … development challenges. In this paper, we explore which fragile states receive most aid flows, which donors are particularly …

development projects or peace missions. …

In recent years, randomized controlled trials have become increasingly popular in the social sciences. In development … development policy. This paper focuses on a core topic in development policy: governance. It aims to address two key questions: (1 …

Most rich countries developed without aid, and this 'self-development' has some intrinsic advantages. In today …'s massively unequal world, however, such an approach would imply very low levels of human development for several generations for …

This paper examines the current security-governance-development nexus, something that is often also discussed under the …

Initial models of development debates on how to achieve economic growth have been added to by a focus on social issues … such as education and political participation. These debates and discourses about development are shaped by international … organizations (IGOs) as they produce reference/action frameworks for actors in development policy. The paper suggests …