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From Rome to Accra via Kigali: 'Aid Effectiveness' in Rwanda

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Since the mid-2000s, significant strides have been made in Rwanda to implement the 'aid effectiveness' agenda as captured in the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. This article explores the historical evolution of this process since 1994, exposing the complex manoeuvring to establish workable practices, and the less visible political implications of this agenda. The Rwandan government is considered to have strong 'ownership' of aid strategies. However, the article demonstrates that the concept of progressive ownership implicit within 'aid effectiveness' discourse is misleading. The evidence points rather to joint ownership between donor and recipient, reflecting limitations to the amount of control over aid that donors will cede. Copyright (c) The Author 2009. Journal compilation (c) 2009 Overseas Development Institute..

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  • Rachel Hayman, 2009. "From Rome to Accra via Kigali: 'Aid Effectiveness' in Rwanda," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 27(5), pages 581-599, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:devpol:v:27:y:2009:i:5:p:581-599
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    1. Stephen Brown, 2020. "The Rise and Fall of the Aid Effectiveness Norm," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 32(4), pages 1230-1248, September.
    2. Sven Grimm & Christine Hackenesch, 2017. "China in Africa: What challenges for a reforming European Union development policy? Illustrations from country cases," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 35(4), pages 549-566, July.
    3. James Copestake & Richard Williams, 2014. "Political-Economy Analysis, Aid Effectiveness and the Art of Development Management," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 32(1), pages 133-153, January.
    4. Rik Habraken & Lau Schulpen & Paul Hoebink, 2017. "Putting promises into practice: The New Aid Architecture in Uganda," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 35(6), pages 779-795, November.
    5. Malin Hasselskog, 2018. "Rwandan “home grown initiatives†: Illustrating inherent contradictions of the democratic developmental state," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 36(3), pages 309-328, May.
    6. Stephan Klingebiel & Mario Negre & Pedro Morazán, 2017. "Costs, Benefits and the Political Economy of Aid Coordination: The Case of the European Union," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 29(1), pages 144-159, January.
    7. Stephen Brown, 2016. "Putting Paris into practice: Foreign aid, national ownership, and donor alignment in Mali and Ghana," WIDER Working Paper Series 145, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    8. Tom Goodfellow & Alyson Smith, 2013. "From Urban Catastrophe to ‘Model’ City? Politics, Security and Development in Post-conflict Kigali," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 50(15), pages 3185-3202, November.
    9. Artan Karini, 2016. "Coordination Without Effectiveness? A Critique of the Paris Agenda in the Experience of Development Aid in Albania," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 28(4), pages 741-757, September.
    10. Busse, Matthias & Hoekstra, Ruth & Osei, Robert D., 2013. "The Effectiveness of Aid in Improving Regulations: Empirical evidence and the drivers of change in Rwanda," IEE Working Papers 198, Ruhr University Bochum, Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE).

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