Blended finance in the national planning processes and the SDGs in Least Developed Countries: Evidence from Senegal
Abstract This research paper looks at the application of blended finance in Senegal. Southern Voice analysed the scope and [...]
The myth surrounding urban Indian women
Are urban Indian women more likely to participate in labour, compared to their rural counterparts? India’s Public Affairs Centre [...]
Assessing the effectiveness of external financial flows for meeting the 2030 Agenda goals
Panel discussion at the Global Solutions Summit 2019 Date and Venue 18 March 2019, 15.00 – 15.50 hrs; European School of [...]
Financing SDGs: Is humanitarian aid causing a diversion?
This article looks at how a higher flow of humanitarian assistance has influenced the development finance discourse.
New Development Landscape and its Challenges
This blog post looks at the challenges and shifts that the development landscape has experienced over the last decade. It argues for the need for developing a new methodological framework for assessing development effectiveness.
Harnessing Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Development Effectiveness
The question of whether and how Big Data could help donors, policymakers, and development professionals to get a better sense of the effectiveness of development has become more relevant.
Bolivia, the Latin American Cinderella
New financial sources have clearly changed the development landscape in Bolivia. Still, there are discrepancies about whether real changes have happened in the country’s management.
Five Questions for New Metrics to Assess Development Effectiveness
There is an urgent need to revisit the metrics of assessing development effectiveness of development cooperation. It is underpinned by significant changes in recent times regarding the concept of development effectiveness, and the emerging new modalities of development cooperation.
The quest to measure South-South cooperation
This article explores how to identify appropriate mechanisms to monitor and account the diversity and complexity of South-South Cooperation in international development.
Why do we need to rethink Development Effectiveness?
It is maintained that the aid effectiveness initiative remains an unfinished business. Despite being technically sound, it lacks necessary political ownership on the part of both providers and recipients.