Conference on:
‘Challenges for Aid Effectiveness’
May 30, 2011 at
SITE – Stockholm School of Economics
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) have the pleasure of inviting you to what is to become a yearly Development Day. This first year the theme is aid effectiveness – an area that has received increasing international attention in recent years by the organization of a number of High Level Forums on Aid
Effectiveness. The purpose of this conference is to bring together scholars and practitioners to discuss some recent findings and remaining challenges for aid to be effective. Among the themes that will be discussed are the causes and consequences of aid volatility, aid and growth, ownership and alignment, measures of success, the politics of aid and the changing financial landscape in the developing world. The hope and ambition is that the debate will serve as an input into the ongoing debate within the Swedish aid community on how to design aid for the 21st century.
8.45-9.00 Conference registration.
9.00-9.30 Welcome by Anders Olofsgård, SITE, followed by opening remarks from Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation.
9.30-10.45 “Aid and Trust in Country Systems”, Stephen Knack, World Bank.
“The Political Economy of Bilateral Foreign Aid”, Eric Werker, Harvard Business School.
Discussant: Maria Perrotta, SITE.
10.45-11.00 Coffee break.
11.00-12.30 ” Simplification: how a focus on results could increase rather than reduce country ownership”, Owen Barder, aidinfo and Centre for Global Development.
”Ownership and Measurable Succes: Is There a Conflict?”, roundtable with Anders Olofsgård, Stephen Knack, Owen Barder, Eric Werker, Kenneth Hermele (ForumSyd), Georg Andren (SIDA).
12.30-13.45 Lunch break.
13.45-15.00 “Aid Effectiveness: New Instrument, New Results?” Emmanuel Frot, Microeconomix and SITE.
”The Determinants of Foreign Aid Volatility”. Raj Desai, Georgetown University and Brookings.
Discussant 2: Arne Bigsten, Göteborgs Universitet.
15.00-15.15 Coffee break.
15.15-17.00 “Quality of Official Development Assistance Assessment Report”, Homi Kharas, Brookings Institution.
“The Changing Landscape of Development Finance”, roundtable with Marieke Huysentruyt (SITE), Homi Kharas, Raj Desai, Emmanuel Frot, Jakob Svensson (IIES), Stefan de Vylder, Torgny Holmgren (MforFA), Per Knutsson (SIDA).
Date: Monday, May 30, 9.00-17.00
Place: Stockholm School of Economics, Venue: Stora Salen, Holländargatan 32 RSVP: Monday, May 23, gun.malmquist@hhs.se, Phone: 08-736 96 72
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Since its foundation in 1989, SITE has become a leading research and policy center on transition in Central and Eastern Europe, including Russia. More recently we have broadened our research focus to include issues relevant to emerging markets and developing countries more generally.
