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2010 Annual Conference | Best and Worst of Aid: Incentives, Accountability and Effectiveness

DRI’s 2010 annual conference presented new findings, discussions and debates on the best and worst of what happened in aid. The full conference agenda is available here. More presentations and audio clips will be posted as they become available.

Presentations:

01 – Morning – Welcome & Introduction

Aid and Development Today: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times – William Easterly, NYU, Professor of Economics and Co-Director of DRI

02 – Morning – Aid & Development Today

03 – Morning – Q & A with William Easterly

The Best and the Worst of International Efforts on Failed States – Clare Lockhart, CEO, Institute for State Effectiveness

04 – Mid-Morning – Best & Worst of International Effort

05 – Mid-Morning – Q&A Clare Lockhart

What Works and What Does Not Work in Aid, and the Transformative Challenges Ahead – Isabel Guerrero, Vice President, South Asia Region, World Bank

06 – Mid-Morning – Keynote

07 – Mid-Morning – Q&A Isabel Guerrero

Thoughts on Aid – Andrew Mwenda, Founder and Owner, The Independent

08 – Afternoon – Thoughts on Aid

09 – Afternoon – Q&A Andrew Mwenda

Historical Lessons: What did Development Aid Do Best? What Did it Do Worst? – Lant Pritchett, Harvard Kennedy School

10 – Afternoon – Lunch Keynote

11 – Afternoon – Q&A Lant Pritchett

12 – Afternoon – Closing, William Easterly

Coverage on the Aid Watch Blog:
March 15, 2010 – Worst in Aid: The Grand Prize
March 17, 2010 – Best in Aid: The Grand Prize
March 22, 2010 – How is the aid industry like a piano recital? A defense of aid
March 31, 2010 – Three Afghan Success Stories



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