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DEVELOPMENT POLICY FORUM (DPF)

AT THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT DAYS IN STOCKHOLM

THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER 2009
The Stockholm International Fairs & Congress Centre
(Stockholmsmässan)
14.45 – 16.45

Beyond aid:

Is our aid focus too narrow?

The global economic crisis may be costing the developing world a staggering $750bn in lost output, but for aid donors argument still rages over which types of development assistance work best; Should aid be tied or untied, in cash or in credits, with conditionality or carte blanche? The new and more relevant debate may be over whether it is aid itself that is hindering rather than hastening economic and social development in the world’s poorest countries.

How strong is the argument that aid from the EU and its member states to developing countries is not only dwarfed by Europe’s subsidies to its own farmers but is also creating a dependency culture in most countries? If the EU were to drastically revise its development assistance strategy, how much emphasis should it place on improving governance and fighting corruption through more transparency? What would be the political implications of a major policy shift by Europe to include climate change and EU market access into its aid strategy, and what might be the economic benefits for the developing world?

• Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, UN Humanitarian Coordinator, UN Resident Coordinator & Kenya UNDP Resident Representative
• Jean-Michel Debrat, Deputy Director General of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
• Shantayanan Devarajan, Chief Economist, Africa Region, The World Bank
• Bernd Eisenblätter, Managing Director of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
• Jonathan Glennie, Author of The Trouble with Aid: Why Less Could Mean More for Africa, Christian Aid's Country Representative in Colombia
• Mo Ibrahim, Founder and Chairman of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation
• Huguette Labelle, Chair of the Board of Directors, Transparency International (TI)
• Saul Lizondo, Deputy Director of the Africa Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• Koos Richelle, European Commission’s Director General for the EuropeAid Cooperation Office
• John Rwangombwa, Pbuermanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda