Managing Aid [electronic resource]: Practices of DAC Member Countries /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.Development Assistance Committee.
Laird, Michael.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2005.
The member countries of OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) give almost USD 70 billion in foreign aid (development co-operation) annually. This study examines how to manage that aid for the best results. It is based on the organisational structures and practices of 22 of the world’s main donor countries, with a view to assisting countries who are becoming donors.  The book covers issues such as legal frameworks; how donors organise their operations in partner developing countries; centralised versus decentralised management; relations with non-governmental organisations; and managing gender equality, environmental sustainability and humanitarian action.
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Acronyms; Introduction; Chapter 1. Managing Development Co-operation in the New Millennium: The Context, Challenges and Way Forward; Chapter 2. The Legal and Political Foundations for Development Co-operation; Chapter 3. DAC Member Countries' Development Co-operation at the Dawn of the 21st Century; Chapter 4. Sources and Allocation of Funds; Chapter 5. The Overall Shape of DAC Member Countries' Development Co-operation Systems; Chapter 6. Managing Development Agencies: Internal Structures and Systems
Chapter 7. Managing Human Resources for Development Co-operationChapter 8. Implementing Bilateral Programmes in Different Partner Country Contexts; Chapter 9. Humanitarian Assistance, NGO Co.financing Schemes and Other Forms of Bilateral Assistance; Chapter 10. Multilateral Assistance and Contributions to Global Funds; Chapter 11. Checks and Balances in Development Co-operation Systems; Annex A.1. Basic Profiles of DAC Member Countries' Foreign Assistance Programmes; Annex A.2. Report on the Management of Development Co.operation Programmes in Mozambique
Annex A.3. An Introduction to DAC StatisticsAnnex A.4. Mainstreaming Poverty Reduction and Other Cross.cutting Issues: HIV/AIDS, Gender and Environment; Annex A.5. Managing Development Projects and Programmes; Bibliography
"This reference document ... follows from the 1999 study 'A comparison of management systems for development cooperation in OECD/DAC members'. The publication was researched and written by Michael Laird ... [et al.]"--P. 4.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-178).
The member countries of OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) give almost USD 70 billion in foreign aid (development co-operation) annually. This study examines how to manage that aid for the best results. It is based on the organisational structures and practices of 22 of the world’s main donor countries, with a view to assisting countries who are becoming donors.  The book covers issues such as legal frameworks; how donors organise their operations in partner developing countries; centralised versus decentralised management; relations with non-governmental organisations; and managing gender equality, environmental sustainability and humanitarian action.
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