preparation if poverty is to be taken more seriously by donors. -- aid ; poverty ; conflict ; least developed countries ; post … not worked well. Aid to conflict-affected countries is itself in crisis. Much greater and more integrated aid is called …Aid is not generally aimed at the poorest people, though most multilateral or bilateral agencies would like to think …

-for example, to end poverty; (ii) proposes a new way to raise and govern international public funds; (iii) discusses the possible …

The current consensus objective of development aid in the international community is to reduce poverty in general and … growth as the principal means to this end. But the policy objective of aid can be defined in many ways, and has in fact … means for advancing those ends. This paper argues that more attention should be given to conflict prevention as a policy …

proposed in tackling the spirit of African poverty is a holistic commitment to fighting illicit capital flight based on …

An April 2015 World Bank report on the Millennium Development Goal poverty target has revealed that extreme poverty has … poverty is a comprehensive commitment to fighting illicit capital flight based on this. Hence, contrary to theoretical …

of four factors that influence aid allocation: poverty, policy, proximity and population. The results reaffirm findings … or growing policy sensitivity. -- Aid Allocation ; Policy Selectivity ; Poverty Selectivity ; Two-Part Model …Focusing on seven bilateral donors over a 25 year period, the paper answers 4 questions related to aid allocation …

African countries. Thus, any policy initiative targeted towards poverty reduction in Africa should consider the agricultural … investigates why aid to agriculture has been low, and how the share of ODA to agriculture can be improved. …

opposed to absolute poverty. If one accepts that taxation is to fund public services, the question arises, at least in … issue of which is more pressing, relative as opposed to absolute poverty?The contention in this paper is that there is a far …

Aid is not generally aimed at the poorest people, though most multilateral or bilateral agencies would like to think …

less aid than the allocation rule specifies). The estimated poverty-reducing efficiency varies considerably across donors … of poverty reduction per aid dollar. Similarly, rather than counteracting the relative neglect of countries identified as …In this study, we derive a poverty-minimizing allocation rule, based on which we assess the povertyefficiency of actual …