In these challenging political and economic times, leadership on aid is needed more than ever. Unfortunately, however, Europe’s leadership appears to be waning – on the boundaries of aid, on its effectiveness, and on its quantity. This needs to change. This eighth Concord AidWatch Report focuses on the unique role of aid. It shows that, […]

“We, fifty civil society leaders and representatives of all the different regions of the world – Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and the Middle East and North Africa, and their subregions – from the faith-based, feminist, labour, rural sectors, and international civil society organizations, meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, from December […]

CONCORD AidWatch Special Report on the post-Busan development effectiveness agenda assesses the process of the Busan Partnership Agreement and the quality of EU aid. The report identifies three key flaws of EU development cooperation: the EU aid architecture remains fragmented and poorly coordinated, the share of aid that is an actual and sustainable North-South financial […]