We live in a new reality of aid. Gone is the traditional bilateral relationship, the old-fashioned mode of delivering aid, and the perception of the third world

Assessing Aid determines that the effectiveness of aid is not decided by the amount received but rather the institutional and policy environment into which it i

"Provides analysis of how the field of international aid is changing with new approaches necessary because of new actors providing assistance, including middle-

Explores the different choices made by donor governments when delivering foreign aid projects around the world.

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