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The quality of inclusive and accountable institutions in a donor-recipient country determines the effectiveness of foreign aid. This study examined whether the role of donor agency or the implementing agency was more helpful in the successes of two foreign-funded educational interventions in Northern Pakistan. The two interventions, each focusing on teachers' development program and the capacity development of principals, were funded by two different international donors. The study also provided a comparison of the two international donors working styles and their strategies applied for the execution of their respective projects. The findings of the study, which were generated through qualitative methods, noted wide variations not only in the working strategies of the two donors, but also the role of the executing agency. It was noted that multiple factors determined the productivity of the two projects; one of the elements that contributed the success or failure of the two project was their design or road map. Based on the findings of this study, it was maintained that a proactive role of both the entities is crucial for the success of such interventions.

China's engagement in Africa is an increasingly popular topic in the 21st century. However, not much attention has been paid in the field of education and little evidence can be seen in what actually happens on the ground. This article aims to explore China's educational aid to Africa, from both textual and fieldwork sources. It will focus on three parts: first, the existing recognition of Chinese distinctions in foreign aid and China's donor logic based on "win-win" strategies; second, an argument that China's donor logic in educational aid might be informed by producing soft power through "public diplomacy"; third, a discussion of people's perception collected in Tanzania, including voices from officials and returning African students. The article will take China's main educational approach, the Government Scholarship Scheme as an example, and look at how this educational practice has been processed in a "diplomatic" way. It is concluded that China's educational aid and its features in practice, based upon diplomatic policies and China's distinctive donor logic of foreign aid, is serving bilateral relations rather than orthodox aid relations. If quality transformation and communication can be maintained in the Chinese universities, education would contribute to a lasting and cooperative relationship between China and Africa. It may add more complexities to "soft power" within broader conceptions under the contemporary global political economy. (China/GIGA)

Background:Education is necessary for the economic growth and political stability of any nation. Due to the lack of resources, Nigeria does not pay necessary attention to education. In recent years Nigeria has reduced the budgetary allocation for education sector. Like in other sectors, Nigeria relies heavily on foreign aids for the development of the educational institutions. Objectives:The study aims at assessing the effect of foreign aid on educational development in Nigeria and to give policy recommendations based upon the conclusion drawn from this study. Methods:The study, conducted in Nigeria, employed descriptive survey research design and data werecollected using key stakeholders questionnaire as research tools. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics for research questions and t-test statistics to answer the research hypothesis. Results:Findings from this study revealed that foreign aid has positively affected Nigeria education in terms of infrastructure, SDGs, UBE, science and technology, human resources and ICT. Conclusions:The foreign aid to education has a positive impact on Nigerian educational development. Implications:The result generated from this study can be considered by education policy makers of Nigeria and concerned authorities. Recommendations:The study recommended that donor countries/agencies should allow Nigeria to design and formulate its own policies according to her culture and traditions. It is also recommended that foreign aid intervention should be carried out more in rural communities especially in the area of critical infrastructures in Nigerian schools.

"Foreign Aid" published on by Oxford University Press.

Intro -- FOREIGN AID: ANALYSES OF EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS AND DONOR COORDINATION -- FOREIGN AID: ANALYSES OF EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS AND DONOR COORDINATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 DOES FOREIGN AID WORK? EFFORTS TO EVALUATE U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- DOES AID WORK? A BRIEF SUMMARY -- IMPACT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS -- HISTORY OF U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE EVALUATION -- EVALUATION CHALLENGES -- Mixed Objective -- Funding and Personnel Constraints -- Emphasis on Accountability of Funds -- Methodological Challenges -- Compressed Timelines -- Country Ownership and Donor Coordination -- Security -- Agency and Personal Incentives -- APPLYING EVALUATION FINDINGS TO POLICY -- CURRENT AGENCY EVALUATION POLICIES -- ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- Reform Authorization Legislation -- Appropriations for Enhanced Evaluation -- Impact of Evidence Based Approach on Congressional Priorities -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A. SELECT ASPECTS OF CURRENT USAID, STATE DEPARTMENT, AND MCC EVALUATION POLICIES -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 FOREIGN AID: INTERNATIONAL DONOR COORDINATION OF DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERVIEW OF OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE -- WHY COORDINATE? -- WHY NOT COORDINATE? -- INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR DONOR COORDINATION -- WPAE High Level Forums -- Rome High Level Forum on Donor Harmonization -- Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness -- Accra Agenda for Action -- Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation -- The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation -- IMPLEMENTING DONOR COORDINATION -- Global Mechanisms -- Use of Multilateral Organizations -- Joint Assistance Strategies -- Sector-Wide Approaches (SWAps) -- Data Sharing -- U.S.-Specific Mechanisms for Donor Coordination -- USAID Guidance -- USAID Coordination Officers -- Coordinators of Cross-Cutting Initiatives

Consequences of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings law; challenges for the new administration.

Abstract Freire would see the imposition of western values and programs through foreign aid as a form of oppressive cultural invasion; "The invaders mold; those they invade are molded; invaders choose; those they invade follow that choice or are expected to follow it; invaders act; those they invade have only an illusion of acting, through the actions of the invaders" (1970, p. 133). Recipients of aid accept the imposed norms and values of the donor and perceive the donor as superior and, therefore, themselves as inferior. Freire comments, "one cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding" (1970, p. 76). Cultural invasion within development aid programs can be seen in the ready acceptance of developed countries' values and practices by developing countries, which are introduced and enforced through 'banking' by an invading force of expatriate advisers.

Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreign Aid Reform: Issues for Congress and Policy Options( -- Summary -- Overview -- Criticisms of Current Foreign Aid Structures and Programs -- Definitions and Data Sources -- Current Aid Platforms and Funding -- Aid Platforms -- Current Funding -- Statutory Basis of Foreign Assistance -- Historical Rationales for Foreign Assistance2 -- Trends in Foreign Assistance Funding -- Historic Trends -- New Presidential Initiatives -- Regional Distribution of Aid -- Sector Distribution of Aid -- Use of Supplementals -- Issues for Congress -- Revisiting the "Why" of Foreign Aid -- Recent Foreign Aid Reform -- Proposed Levels of Foreign Assistance -- 0.7% of GNI -- Increase by 1% of Budget -- Maintain Current Aid Levels -- Policy Options -- Reform Options -- Refocus Assistance -- Change/Define Role of Defense Department -- Change Use of Multilateral Organizations -- Create a Unified Budget -- Unified Function 150 Budget or Budget Presentation -- Unified National Security Budget -- Restructuring Options -- Elevate USAID to Cabinet-Level Department -- Merge USAID into State Department -- Create Aid Agency with Increased Jurisdiction -- Improve Interagency Coordination -- Create a Coordinating Entity -- Elevate Aid Agency within NSC Structure -- Maintain Status Quo with or without Minor Modifications -- Re-write the Foreign Assistance Act -- Major Reform Report Recommendations -- HELP Commission -- Policy -- Structure -- Budget -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee -- Policy -- Structure -- Budget -- Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) -- Policy -- Structure -- Budget -- Appendix. Acronyms -- End Notes -- Foreign Aid Reform, National Strategy, and the Quadrennial Review( -- Summary -- Introduction -- Interest in ElevatingDiplomacy and Development.