Unravelling aid funding: Linking funding allocation patterns and localization in Sierra Leone

Swetha Ramachandran

No wp-2023-105, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Development assistance funding by international donors is rarely channelled to/through local actors. While there are strong normative and practical arguments for localizing funding, progress has been piecemeal as donors are largely left to their own devices to decide how, when, where, and how much to localize. This paper explores the antecedents to donor aid allocation and poses the question: 'How and why do donors vary in their extent of localization (as defined by the use of local channels to disburse aid funding)?'.

Keywords: Development aid; Foreign aid; Mixed methods; Sierra Leone; Funding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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