Assignment Audience: You have been hired by a country donor (you can choose a donor country of your choice). Problem: The donor wants to improve its aid effectiveness, because civil society is requiring a better monitoring and accountability, and also reaching further aid targets like the 0,7%. At the same time you might have other national budget restrictions. Task: Prepare a policy brief including briefly these aspects: Analyze the amount of aid: Amount of ODA, other types of aid if exist-, historical progress, compare to other donor countries. Provide interpretations and make potential policy proposals & recommendations if the donor should increase, maintain or reduce ODA.Analyze how the ODA is distributed: distribution per type, distribution per sectors, countrys intentions on aid; historical progress; comparison with other countries. Provide interpretations and make potential policy proposals & recommendations to improve its distribution (explain your arguments).Analyze which partner countries (recipients) receive their aid: amount and share per country, historical progress; comparison with other similar countries. Provide interpretation of the interests behind of this selection and make potential policy proposals &recommendations about how ODA could change in this aspect: What different partners countries (or donors) should be included, which ones should be excluded, etc. Explain briefly your criteria.Analyze the potential aid impact and effectiveness that has had in partner countries (i.e: quant, achievements, tools or mechanisms used to be more effective). Provide interpretation and make potential policy proposals &recommendations Extension: Maximum 3 pages, and not more than 750-800 words (include the final number of words in your assignment excluding references). Format of the file name: FamilyName_FirstName_country Structure: Brief executive summary;Background, explanation of the problem/issue and policy criteria;Policy proposals (pros and cons, etc.);Policy recommendations;Further readings.
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