Aid Architecture: A Changing Landscape

AID ARCHITECTURE

Understanding the Latest Trends in Aid Effectiveness

The Growing Complexity of the Global Aid Architecture

Global aid has seen a trend of more donor channels, fragmented transactions, earmarked aid, and circumvention of government budgets. In this complex aid landscape, transaction costs to recipient countries are high and aid effectiveness is undermined. As a result, concessional financing and grants have decreased, especially for countries struggling with debt and fragile situations. Today, non-governmental organizations are responsible for 75% of all projects and over half of these funds bypass recipient countries' budgets. Donor funding is increasingly earmarked to specific issues and themes, which limits opportunities to leverage resources and increase overall financing available to countries.

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Publications

The papers below offer a quantitative overview of changes in global aid financing, sources, and delivery mechanisms.

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, 2022

, 2021

In the global development math, multiplication beats division
Roundtable
A changing landscape: Trends in official financial flows and the aid architecture, 2022
How the structure of global aid and development finance is changing, 2021
Delivering aid differently—Lessons from the field, 2011
Finance for development: Trends and opportunities in a changing landscape, 2011
An overview of the main trends in official development assistance flows, 2008
IDA: The platform for achieving results at the country level, 2008
Supporting the country-based development model, 2007

Multimedia

Trends in Official Financial Flows and the Aid Architecture

A summary of key findings by Akihiko Nishio, Vice President for Development Finance

DATA

IDA20 Replenishment Resources

Building Back Better from the Crisis: Toward a Green, Resilient and Inclusive Future
The twenty-first replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA20) reaffirmed the international community's commitment to assist IDA countries in addressing the challenges arising from the COVID-19 crisis and re-establishing their progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sustainably.
Japan and World ��ƵAPP Host IDA20 Launch
Global Community Consolidates Commitment to the Poorest with $93 Billion Package
The Government of Japan and the World ��ƵAPP hosted the in-person launch of the twentieth cycle of the International Development Association (IDA20) at a gathering of donor and recipient countries.
Translating New Ideas into Better and Lasting Results
IDA20, guided by ambitious policy commitments made in successive replenishment cycles, continues to respond to evolving global demands, focusing on local contexts and implementing fresh concepts and goals to achieve greater and lasting outcomes.
Capturing IDA's Value Proposition
The IDA20 RMS indicators ensure continuity over multiple IDA cycles and reflect the priorities under the five Special Themes and the four Cross-Cutting Issues.

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