save the aid! trying to counter destructive changes to aid programmes – learning from new zealand...
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SAVE THE AID! Trying to counter destructive changes to aid programmes – learning from New Zealand
Terence Wood & Jo [email protected] [email protected]
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
action
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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.