Abstract
Public discussion about foreign aid has long focused on the question of ‘how much?’ Since the early 1960s, there have been observers who called on rich countries to give 0.7 per cent of their GDP in aid (Clemens and Moss, 2005). Gordon Brown’s proposed International Finance Facility (IFF) would double aid in the short run. The UN Secretary General’s report, Investing in Development, calls for a tripling of aid (UNDP, 2005b).
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Roodman, D. (2009). Aid Project Proliferation and Absorptive Capacity. In: Mavrotas, G., McGillivray, M. (eds) Development Aid. Studies in Development Economics and Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230595163_5
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