US Foreign Aid Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

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To Fight Corruption, Localize Aid: How US foreign assistance can support a locally driven fight against corruption

19/03/2015

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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Americans don’t want their foreign aid to be lost to corruption—or worse, to fuel corruption. However, by seeking to avoid corruption rather than changing its approach to aid, the United States is missing out on the vast, untapped potential of local actors to strengthen accountability, improve governance, and fight corruption. The US has the opportunity to make its […]

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Briefing paper

A Quiet Renaissance in American Aid: How US reforms are making America a better partner in the fight against poverty

10/04/2013

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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For too long, United States government development efforts have worked at cross purposes with the very people who are trying to lead lasting change in poor countries. For at least two decades, US assistance has been rightly derided as opaque, supply driven, and not focused on delivering the results that people in poor countries say […]

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Research report

The Politics of Partnership: How donors manage risk while letting recipients lead their own development

13/12/2011

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper provides recommendations for the US government as it continues grappling with ways of improving foreign aid, taking lessons from successful donor partnerships with recipient countries. The underlying field research comes from Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Malawi, and Tanzania. Our research findings suggest that aid works best through genuine partnerships; partnerships that truly support the visions and […]

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Ownership in Practice: Capacity: Helping countries lead

09/09/2010

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam America is advocating for reforms of US foreign aid to make aid more supportive of the development priorities of effective governments and citizens. One challenge inherent in this approach is how to reconcile “letting countries lead” with the very low capacity to manage development often prevalent in many countries receiving aid. This is where […]

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Ownership in Practice: Information – Let countries know what donors are doing

04/06/2010

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam America has been recommending reforms to US foreign aid practice to make it more responsive to and supportive of countries’ own development priorities. A first step in this direction is improving the information the US providesrecipient countries on its foreign aid. In particular, Oxfam is calling for the US to provide countries with information that is more […]

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Research report

Ownership in Practice: The key to smart development

21/09/2009

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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Why is it so important to improve US foreign aid? One billion people have been left behind by current global development trends. Aid, used in smart ways, can save lives and help people get themselves out of poverty. Better yet, smart aid can help make other local, national, and global economic and political forces work […]

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Briefing paper

Smart Development in Practice: Transparency is happening right now – USAID and Indonesia’s national budget

23/06/2009

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam believes the key to country ownership is transferring information, capacity, and control to people and their governments so they can lead their own development. But what does this look like on the ground? Here’s one story from Indonesia, where USAID is working with local governments and citizens to provide transparent information about Indonesia’s national […]

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Briefing paper

Failing the Cardozo Test: Why US foreign assistance legislation needs a fresh start

03/04/2009

1 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

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If the US wants to modernize its efforts to foster a more stable, prosperous, and democratic world, it needs new foreign assistance legislation designed to tackle the challenges of the 21st century. This brief looks at how current laws undermine US foreign aid as a strategic tool for fighting poverty today. Drawing from original legal […]

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