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Throwing (Sh)Aid: Optimizing Aid Conditionality For The Developing World, Timothy F. O'Shea
Throwing (Sh)Aid: Optimizing Aid Conditionality For The Developing World, Timothy F. O'Shea
MAD-RUSH Undergraduate Research Conference
Aid conditionality has emerged as a dominant tool by donor countries in nation building efforts in the developing world. Unfortunately, this strategy has encountered obstacles in achieving substantive change. The purpose of this paper is to investigate possible modifications and augmentations to aid conditionality regimes that could more easily induce political development in recipient countries. To provide a background against which to plan changes, the paper documents important determinants of political change, including public opinion, donor self-interest, and unconscious biases. The paper also evaluates possible malleable policy factors, including adoption speed, proportionality, outcome-based provision, and donor co-ordination. While much of …