AID COORDINATION AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS: A CASE OF THE EDUCATION SECTOR IN MALAWI
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2013-10-08
Authors
Taulo, Wongani Grace Nkhoma
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Abstract
The 2008Accra meeting on Aid Effectiveness observed that aid is still fragmenting - that
there are too many donors, financing too many projects, using different models. This has
negative implications for aid effectiveness i.e. the extent to which aid efforts achieve
intended results. Coordination of aid and activities is seen as a means to overcome these
problems and achieve better impact. The purpose of this study was to explore the link
between aid coordination and its effectiveness in the education sector in Malawi. The study
used a case study design using qualitative methods for data collection and analysis. Data
sources included interviews and documents analysis. In total, nine key informants were
interviewed. These included donor representatives, government officials and representatives
from civil society. A major finding of the study is that although there is a general agreement
that aid coordination is necessary for achieving better impact of aid, it is practically difficult
to achieve fully and only partial coordination is achievable at the moment. This is because
donors lack confidence in the coordination mechanisms in place in particular the public
financial systems and therefore large amounts of donor funding remain outside the
coordinated mechanisms. Findings also show variations on the understanding of what aid
coordination should look like in practice and the perceived roles of the different actors in the
coordination processes.
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MM (P&DM) thesis
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Aid co-ordination, Education