Do you support tied aid? If you support tied aid as a suitable motivation for aid, please sit on the LEFT (facing the screen) If you DO NOT support tied aid as a suitable motivation for aid, please sit on the RIGHT (facing the screen) Economic Development and Technology Nisha Maharaja, Rosalind Rashidin, Emily Rentschler, Hayden Tang
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Do you support tied aid?If you support tied aid as a
suitable motivation for aid, please sit on the LEFT (facing the screen)
If you DO NOT support tied aid as a suitable motivation for aid, please sit on the RIGHT (facing the screen)
“For tied aid, significant determinants are population and initial GDP of the recipient. Poorer and more populated countries are more likely to receive greater amounts of tied aid, while more socially stable countries are more likely to receive greater amounts of untied aid.”
Source: Aid Effectiveness: A comparison of Tied and Untied Aid, Josepa M. Miquel, 2007
Tied aid in Ghana• Sixth Power Project, part of Volta River Project in Ghana• Aims to maintain realiability of Ghana’s electricity supply, explore
power generation, meet demand for electricity in 2000• Cost roughly US $174 million, of which 88% was paid for by a
and spares from donor sources and tying process restricted use of any other products
• Study by African Economic Research Consortium in 2003 analyzes the question – whether tied aid bears additional financial cost owing to the price mark-up generated.
Source: How tied aid affects the cost of aid-funded projects in Ghana, Barfour Osei, 2003
What do you think happened?• Was tied aid much more costly?• Is this a necessary cost – do you think Ghana could have received
untied aid for this project?• Is this aid sustainable?• What alternatives would Ghana have?
Source: How tied aid affects the cost of aid-funded projects in Ghana, Barfour Osei, 2003
Tied aid in Ghana: Conclusion• Tied foreign aid bear significant additional costs owing to price
mark-up.• “Finally, although the higher cost of funded inputs may be a
necessary price Ghana has to pay to receive aid, since, arguably, higher cost tied aid may be better than no aid, the evidence of higher prices on funded inputs provides a case for the cancellation of Ghana’s aid debt.”
Source: How tied aid affects the cost of aid-funded projects in Ghana, Barfour Osei, 2003
Can aid be altruistically motivated on a national level?
Can aid be altruistically motivated on a national level?
From When is Foreign Aid Policy Credible? – Jakob Svensson, World Bank 1997:• One reason for foreign aid’s poor overall record may be a moral hazard problem: That donors want to
donate to the most in need, and since there is a limit to the amount of aid, recipients have little incentive to improve the welfare of the poor
• Originally viewed tied aid as only a method to increase the commercial impact of the aid project• However, given that tied aid is contractible, it serves a purpose to monitor the impact of the aid through
legal institutions incentivized to enforce the contract for profit-maximizing reasons• Concept of “Adjustment Effort” – The amount the recipient spends on economic development, is it
observable? Can the Donor commit?
Donors RecipientsGive to most in need
Do I want to spend more because I will then get less aid?
Trends in Technology and International Development- Information and knowledge are engine of economies
- Developing countries follow own growth trajectory
- Goals of Development have reached beyond economic
The Internet has been a relatively recent developed technological tool. What do you feel are the advantages that the internet has provided to both developing and developed nations?
Internet and DevelopmentInternet and six key areas in Development:• Economic Productivity• Health• Education• Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment• Democracy• Sustainable Development
Economic Development- Internet enable companies to advertise worldwide
• India• Argentina
- More research is needed on internet and economy
Health- Healthcare websites
• Healthnet• Africa
Education- Institution increase in research
- Primary and Secondary Schools• Cuba• Chile
- Distance Learning
Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment- Direct communication between countries and NGO’s
- Internet used to create IT jobs for rural poor• India• Bangladesh
Democracy- Expression of open thoughts
Sustainable Development- Promotion of Global Policy
- Awareness
It's All Relative
Millennium Development Goals
"Eradicating extreme poverty continues to be one of the main challenges of our time, and is a major concern of the international community. Ending this scourge will require the combined efforts of all, governments, civil society organizations and the private sector, in the context of a stronger and more effective global partnership for development. The Millennium Development Goals set timebound targets, by which progress in reducing income poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequate shelter and exclusion — while promoting gender equality, health, education and environmental sustainability — can be measured. They also embody basic human rights — the rights of each person on the planet to health, education, shelter and security. The Goals are ambitious but feasible and, together with the comprehensive United Nations development agenda, set the course for the world’s efforts to alleviate extreme poverty by 2015. "
• Markets constructed• Farms connected to markets, via new roads• Schools built• Districts have direct planning and spending
power
Results
• Saravane District – 27 to 2 “poor” villages• Poverty – decreased from 46-26.9%• National socio-economic plan developed• Decentralized development
Problems farmers are facing
• No access to the latest agriculture initiatives• Located too far from schools• Underdeveloped extension services• Lack of support for agricultural universities
Solutions
• Rural Development• ICT (mobile phones) to improve extension
services• ICT to connect agriculture schools in different
cities to prevent “inbreeding”• District Development Fund
Does Aid Keep Countries from Developing their own Economies?
Mobile Opportunities in SMEs Value Chain• Mobile Workers - remotely access resources, extending
their connectivity and reach
• Edgy Enterprises - focusing on the exploitation of supplier/partner/customer relationships
• Across Industries - agriculture, education
• Communities - social networking, e.g. MXit an instant messaging application that gained market shares in over 120 countries with 19 million subscribers.
• Security - information: vulnerability of connection and additional disclosure of location-based data
• Privacy - broadband supported applications tend to be invasive of privacy: users need to disclose information about themselves, their preferences, and their location