Aid Support

Budget Support as More Effective Aid? $24.99 Budget support has become an increasingly important instrument in the context of a partnership-based approach to development assistance. Compared to traditional modes of aid delivery, it promises greater country ownership, reduced transaction costs, better donor coordination, scaling up of poverty reduction and potentially greater development effectiveness. This book presents a timely and valuable review of key concepts, issues, experiences and emerging lessons relevant to budget support. It provides an overview of principal characteristics, expectations and concerns related to budget support, key design and implementation issues, as well as some practical experiences. The contributors include government representatives from developing countries, leading academic scholars, bilateral development agencies and development practitioners from international financial institutions, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. They present a wide range of views on key issues such as the choice of instruments, alignment of budget support with country programs, predictability, and coordination and conditionality. The authors draw their insightful analysis on the contemporary research and evaluation work, as well as the broad practical experience with budget support. This book will be of great interest to practitioners in aid-recipient countries and international financial institutions, bilateral agencies and civil organizations involved in budget support.

Dead Aid $9.99 In the past fifty years, more than $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from rich countries to Africa. Has this assistance improved the lives of Africans? No. In fact, across the continent, the recipients of this aid are not better off as a result of it, but worse—much worse. In Dead Aid , Dambisa Moyo describes the state of postwar development policy in Africa today and unflinchingly confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African nations has helped to reduce poverty and increase growth. In fact, poverty levels continue to escalate and growth rates have steadily declined—and millions continue to suffer. Provocatively drawing a sharp contrast between African countries that have rejected the aid route and prospered and others that have become aid-dependent and seen poverty increase, Moyo illuminates the way in which overreliance on aid has trapped developing nations in a vicious circle of aid dependency, corruption, market distortion, and further poverty, leaving them with nothing but the “need” for more aid. Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world’s poorest countries that guarantees economic growth and a significant decline in poverty—without reliance on foreign aid or aid-related assistance. Dead Aid is an unsettling yet optimistic work, a powerful challenge to the assumptions and arguments that support a profoundly misguided development policy in Africa. And it is a clarion call to a new, more hopeful vision of how to address the desperate poverty that plagues millions.

Relationships for Aid $35 International aid is about much more than money. The UN Millennium Development Goals and major events like Live 8 have focused the world spotlight on issues of poverty relief and aid like never before but have not concentrated on the quality of relationships that can make aid succeed or fail. This book authored by an internationally renowned group of aid practitioners reveals the contradictions and challenges involved in forging these relationships. International development organizations combine the unbridled play of power and arrogant amnesia with serious and innovative efforts to create a more democratic world to support transformative learning and to strengthen accountability. The book explores recent attempts from within aid agencies to go against the current flow of top-down results based management by learning how to build lasting partnerships that transfer power to those at the receiving end of aid. More than just a critique the authors offer a practical framework for understanding relationships in the international aid system and look at the relevance of organizational learning theory which is widely used in business.

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Foreign Aid $22.5 A twentieth-century innovation, foreign aid has become a familiar and even expected element in international relations. But scholars and government officials continue to debate why countries provide it: some claim that it is primarily a tool of diplomacy, some argue that it is largely intended to support development in poor countries, and still others point out its myriad newer uses. Carol Lancaster effectively puts this dispute to rest here by providing the most comprehensive answer yet to the question of why governments give foreign aid. She argues that because of domestic politics in aid-giving countries, it has always been—and will continue to be—used to achieve a mixture of different goals.  Drawing on her expertise in both comparative politics and international relations and on her experience as a former public official, Lancaster provides five in-depth case studies—the United States, Japan, France, Germany, and Denmark—that demonstrate how domestic politics and international pressures combine to shape how and why donor governments give aid. In doing so, she explores the impact on foreign aid of political institutions, interest groups, and the ways governments organize their giving. Her findings provide essential insight for scholars of international relations and comparative politics, as well as anyone involved with foreign aid or foreign policy.

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Scholarship Options Help Returning Distance Learning Course Program Students Make Their Education Dreams A Reality

People who are in the work force know that things are getting tougher; the economic numbers aren’t great and they won’t be for a while. That’s why many working adults are heading back to school to get a college degree or to get additional training to help ensure job security. People who work know that additional education can help them retain their positions at work or even to move up or into a new career field.

One problem for adults who work and have families though, is the budget. People are having a hard time putting money into savings, let alone setting extra income aside to pay for an expensive endeavor like school. There aren’t a lot of effortless solutions for people who want to go to school but simply do not have the extra cash to pay for it.

The type of aid a person applies for depends upon their particular situation. Although many people may be reluctant to apply for financial aid because they are afraid they won’t qualify because they are middle income families, they may be surprised that a variety of factors are taken into account when calculating financial aid. So if an adult returning to school doesn’t qualify for one type of aid, they may very well qualify for another. The first step is completing the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), which helps schools and awarding organizations determine the level of aid that is needed.

Students returning to school have several options when applying for financial aid. Among the most popular type of financing are grants and scholarships, because they are not like loans. Students do not have to repay the grant once they graduate. The Pell Grant is a federal grant (funded by the government) that is a need-based grant. That means that the amount of money that is awarded is based on the student’s financial needs. Students who are in the lowest income brackets will receive the highest awards.

Pell Grant awards received a huge boost last year from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. There were many changes to the Pell Grant programs that are highly beneficial to students; including the amount of funding that is available. The maximum award available is now $5,350, with cost of living increases scheduled through the 2013 – 2014 school year. Part time students now qualify for Pell Grants; previously only full time students were eligible. This is very good news for working adults returning to school who are qualified for the grant.

Two other extremely important changes to the Pell Grant are that awards are now available for summer semesters, instead of only during the fall and spring semesters. That means that students who are enrolled may apply for and receive two Pell Grants in one year, instead of having to take classes at a slower pace because they only had funding from one grant per year. The other change is meant to benefit students who find themselves unemployed during this rough economic period. Previously, when you provided proof of unemployment, you had to wait a year to be eligible for the Pell Grant. Now, once you provide proof of unemployment, you are immediately eligible to receive the grant.

The other popular option to help students pay for school is scholarships. Like grants, scholarships don’t have to be repaid. The important thing to remember when you are looking for scholarship money is to look for scholarships that apply specifically to your particular situation. Make a checklist of your attributes that may help you qualify for scholarships in that area. If you are academically gifted and have the records to prove it, apply for academic scholarships. If you are involved in a certain career field, apply for scholarships from the societies that are associated with it.

Adults who are returning to school after a break from higher education may have more options available for funding than they did even a year ago as research into back to school grants information will show. The government is working to put together programs to get adults back to school and Americans back to work, and that includes education and job training programs. Make applications for everything; even if you think you may not qualify; many adults returning to both traditional and distance learning degree programs have been surprised at the amount of funding they were eligible for. You may find yourself in the same position, but you won’t ever know if you don’t take the first step.