Essays about: "aid donors"

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1. 21. Managing Uncertainty: Results Based Frameworks During The Covid-19 Pandemic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Emma Berglund; [2021]
   Keywords : Results Based Frameworks; Covid-19; Development Cooperation; Civil Society Organizations; Sweden; RBM; RBF; CSO; Sida; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This qualitative case study aims to explore how the unprecedented impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the capacity and operation of Swedish development organizations within the civil society and to what extent current results-based frameworks (RBF’s) and systems have been suitable to adhere to these changes and challenges. Eight semi-structured interviews with CSO representatives have ben conducted during early spring, 2021. READ MORE

3. 22. Upholding the Humanitarian Principles in Conflict Areas – Challenges and Compromises: The Cases of Syria and Afghanistan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Yannick Meyer; Paula Richardson Jané; [2021]
   Keywords : Humanity; Neutrality; Impartiality; Independence; Remote Management; Risk Transfer; Donor-Dependency; Counter-Terrorism; Local Capacity; Technology and Engineering; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In recent years localising humanitarian aid has been a strategic direction for many humanitarian organisations to give local actors more ownership and make humanitarian interventions more efficient. Nevertheless, in conflict situations localising humanitarian aid can result in a series of dilemmas. READ MORE

4. 23. New Evidence on Tax-Aid Nexus

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Heidi Uitto; [2021]
   Keywords : Africa; Tax revenue mobilization; foreign aid; aid fungibility; ODA; fiscal response to aid; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Effective tax systems play a key role in self-sustained economic growth. Where foreign aid can provide much needed funds for less developed countries, it may also increase aid dependency if the country does not simultaneously improve its taxing capacity. READ MORE

5. 24. What factors motivate foreign aid allocation?A comparison of the aid allocation patterns of multilateral and bilateral donors

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Shima Khabbaz; Johannes Kyriakidis; [2020-02-13]
   Keywords : Bilateral; multilateral; aid allocation; donor; maximising poverty reduction; economic development;

   Abstract : Aid allocation patterns have been measured and observed for over four decades and it has been noticed that the aid is allocated differently based on different factors like what kind of donor it is and how they measure the need for aid before donating it. In this study two set of regressions were run and in the first set of regressions, we compare aggregate aid flows from multilateral organizations and bilateral donors respectively, and in our second set we compare aid from five individual bilateral donors. READ MORE

6. 25. Humanitarian aid : A qualitative study of the ethical reasoning behind the allocation from the perspective of five Swedish-based organizations

   University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

   Author : Jennelié Danielsson; Anna-Maria Polasek; [2020]
   Keywords : Humanitarian aid; humanitarian principles; ethics; NGOs; aid allocation; aid donors;

   Abstract : The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols aim to protect those people who are not “participating in the hostilities” of war, such as “civilians, health workers and aid workers” and are the pillar of humanitarian law (International Committee of the Red Cross, 2010). The humanitarian principles including humanity, neutrality, independence and impartiality, are based on the international humanitarian law and committed to by all member states of the European Union (European Commission, 2019). READ MORE