A growing proportion of aid spending now goes into conflict-affected states and conflict prevention. As a result, development and security are increasingly intertwined and this inter-relation is hotly debated. The key question however is not whether development and security should be linked, but rather how and for whose benefit.Key findings:Developmentalist critiques of the ...» more
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The age of choice: Developing countries in the new aid landscape
The aim of this paper is explore the implications of the new and complex aid landscape for developing country governments. In 2000, development assistance was overwhelmingly provided by traditional bilateral and multilateral donors, which provided aid in specific ways and according to a particular set of norms. Today, this is being complemented by the growth of other forms of ...» more
Growth Still Is Good for the Poor
Incomes in the poorest two quintiles on average increase at the same rate as overall average incomes. This is because, in a global dataset spanning 118 countries over the past four decades, changes in the share of income of the poorest quintiles are generally small and uncorrelated with changes in average income. The variation in changes in quintile shares is also small ...» more
Evaluation of the Regional Programme for Asia and the Pacific (2008-2013)
During 2011, the Evaluation Office conducted a series of evaluations of UNDP’s global and regional programmes. This evaluation covered the Regional Programme for Asia and the Pacific 2008-2013, implemented by the UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, through its Asia- Pacific Regional Centre in Bangkok and the Pacific Centre in Suva. It examined the results achieved by ...» more
Evaluation of the Regional Programme for Arab States (2010-2013)
During 2012, the UNDP Evaluation Office conducted a series of evaluations of UNDP’s global and regional programmes. The present evaluation covered the Regional Programme for Arab States 2010-2013, implemented by the UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States through its Regional Programme Division in New York. The evaluation found that in spite of wide disparities in social and ...» more