save the aid! trying to counter destructive changes to aid programmes – learning from new zealand...

SAVE THE AID! Trying to counter destructive changes to aid programmes – learning from New Zealand

Terence Wood & Jo Sprattwoodterence@yahoo.co.nz josprattnz@gmail.com

Where NZ is now…

A Hybrid:• Still doing good work

but.• Aid increasingly used to

benefit New Zealand.• Programme bruised by

pointless change.• NGO funding broken.

Countervailing forces!

• Parliamentarians & parties

• The media• International norms• Civil servants

Countervailing forces!

• The Public• NGOs• Other Civil Society

The Public!

How about NGOs?

Potential Bridge but…• Private

funding• Government

funding• Collective

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Private Aid/GNI

Govt Aid/GNI

NZ Government and Private Aid as Per-centage of GNI - 2010

NZADDs to the rescue!!! ????nzadds.org.nz

• Resources• Information is scarce• Working Networks• Escaping Networks

Help us…

• Jo and I are keen to hear your feedback on this talk (which we also hope to turn into a paper)

• We are also keen to hear your practical suggestions on being a countervailing force.

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