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Aid Reborn: New Actors, New Assumptions

Deborah Brautigam, Marcia Greenberg, Jan Martin Witte | World Politics Review | 2009-06-23

The landscape of foreign aid and development has changed dramatically in the last several years. In the public sector, new actors are introducing new development models. China’s development aid, for example, reflects its understanding of the road out of poverty, and serves its own national interests. Private actors, notably the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, are having a similarly significant influence on the conduct of aid and development. Yet so far little is known about the impact of such engagement by private foundations. Meanwhile, a new generation of aid workers and policy analysts is challenging the traditional assumptions that underlie the international aid architecture. This set of three World Politics Review feature articles examines the state of international aid.

Are Private Actors Revolutionizing Foreign Aid?
By Jan Martin Witte
When Warren Buffett donated $30 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation a few years ago, many observers heralded the arrival of a new age of private philanthropy. Yet, thus far, little is actually known about the scale, scope and impact of foundation engagement in international development, and in Sub-Saharan African countries in particular.

China's Challenge to the International Aid Architecture
By Deborah Brautigam
China's rise has sparked enormous interest in its development model and the contrast that presents to much of the Washington Consensus” on development policy. China's development aid reflects, in part, its understanding and assumptions about the road out of poverty. In this and other ways, it presents a challenge to the international aid architecture.

The Challenges and Opportunities of Gender Equality in Development
By Marcia Greenberg
As we approach the 15th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, gender-equality advocates around the world are taking stock to assess what should come next. While progress has been made at policy levels, dif?culties persist in translating policy into practice.

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