ReCom: Aid and the Social Sectors 2/8 - Finn Tarp
Channel: UNU-WIDER
Date: 2013-04-08

Aid to the social sectors—particularly health care and education, but also water and sanitation, and more recently social protection—is justified on the overwhelming evidence that links these fundamental factors to labour productivity, economic growth, poverty reduction, and ultimately human development. These topics were discussed during the ReCom Results meeting on 'Aid and the Social Sectors' in Stockholm, 13 March 2013.

Here Finn Tarp, the Director of UNU-WIDER, explains why he does not think that certain individuals carry the whole truth about the impact of foreign aid: 'We believe that foreign aid is a complex matter that requires a large, joint, and comprehensive programme where we draw on a global network of researchers and practitioners to try to bring together what we as a development community actually know and don't know'.

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