Short Course: Improving Development Aid Effectiveness
Teaching session plan template
SALISES
Topic:
Aim:
Learning Outcomes:
Module
Module 1:
Introduction
to aid
effectiveness
Time:
2 Hours
Objective(s)
1. Provide a historical overview of the
international aid
2. Discuss issues affecting international
aid effectiveness
T & L Methods
1. Provide lecture notes
on the historical role
and purpose of
International Aid
2. Highlight the role of
international aid in
the fields of trade,
health, and natural
disaster response
3. Analyse cases to
identify issues
affecting aid
effectiveness.
USAID/PEPFAR in
Uganda.
a. Conflicting
interest- donor
interest vs.
recipient country
b. Challenges with
finances- getting
the money
c. Bureaucracy /red
tape
d. Capacity issues:
human and
regulation
e. Tied aid – EUCotonou, Lome
Resources
1. Lecture notes
a. Cases for
discussion:
USAID in
Cuba and
Bolivia
b. PEPFAR
in Uganda
Assessment
Short Course: Improving Development Aid Effectiveness
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f. Conditional
g. Lack of
sustainability
Module 2:
Paris
International
Declaration on
International
Aid
2 Hours
Module 3:
Alignment and
harmonization
as strategies for
aid
effectiveness
2 Hours
Module 4:
Managing for
Results and
Mutual
Accountability
2 Hours
1. Provide an overview of the Paris
International Declaration on
International Aid
2. Discuss the utility of ownership in
improving aid effectiveness
3. Discuss the barriers to developing
countries exercising ownership as a
strategy for improving aid
effectiveness
4.
1. Use cases to
highlight the utility
of ownership:
 Stakeholder
analysis
 Cost-sharing
 Build capacity
of local partners
1. Lecture notes
2. Case for
discussion:
USAID Cost
Sharing Policy
4.
1. Discuss the utility of alignment and
harmonization in improving aid
effectiveness
2. Discuss the barriers to developing
countries utilizing ownership as a
strategy for improving aid
effectiveness
3. Explore strategies to mitigate the
barriers to developing countries
exercising ownership as a strategy for
improving aid effectiveness
1. Demonstrate how to
conduct a problem
analysis- root cause
analysis
2. Use cases to highlight
challenges with
alignment and
harmonization
3. Lecture notes
Case: EU
Procurement
Legislation and
Policy
2.
1. Demonstrate how to establish
project indicators
2. Outline the purpose of a theory of
change in results management
3. Demonstrate how to develop a logic
model/results framework
1. Demonstrate how to
develop a logical
framework
2. Demonstrate how to
develop a stakeholder
communication plan
3. Lecture notes
Short Course: Improving Development Aid Effectiveness
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4. Explain how to communicate
project results to stakeholders
5. Discuss how to use project results to
improve accountability
6.
Module 5:
Evaluating the
Paris
Framework
for aid
effectiveness
2 Hours
1. Provide a medium for students to
present their case study analysis
This module will be
student-led; students
will be asked to:
a. conduct a SWOT
analysis of the
Paris Framework.
b. Demonstrate their
knowledge of the
Paris Framework
by analyzing any
of the three cases
and presenting
their findings.
1. Participants
will be divided
into two
groups; each
group will be
assigned a
case.
Participants
are required
to:
a. Analyze the
case and
identify the
main issues
that
undermine
aid
effectiveness.
b. Deliver a
fifteenminute
presentation
on how aid
effectiveness
could be
improved
using the
Paris
Framework.
Short Course: Improving Development Aid Effectiveness
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Short Course: Improving Development Aid Effectiveness
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Case study 1Jump Island- a country located in Global South, has one of the highest HIV Aids rates in the world.
Over the last two years, the government has implemented several strategies that have caused the
HIV Aids rate to fall below 10 percent for the first time in 15 years. Central to the government's
plan is the collection of baseline data to determine the populations, knowledge, attitude, and
behavior towards safe sex. Based on the results, the government designed a national media
campaign to increase safe sex practices- specifically condom use.
Notwithstanding, the government has exhausted its capacity to finance the national campaign. The
government of Jump Island was advised to reach out to its more developed counterpart- United
Ranger, for development assistance.
United Ranger is a very wealthy and influential country; the country is considered a global
hegemon. Over the last 20 years, the government has committed 50 billion to combat HIV Aids
through its REPFAR program. Despite its benevolent attitude, United Ranger has developed a
reputation for providing funding with conditionality. It is also well known that funding conditions
vary based on the ideology of the incumbent President. For instance, in the first years, REPFAR
mandated that beneficiaries should focus on condom use as a strategy to reduce the transmission of
HIV and Aids. This strategy yielded positive results as countries that promoted condom use had
reported a reduction in the HIV Aids transmission rate.
Case study 2Red Cross defends Haiti aid work amid expose it only built six houses (yahoo.com)
Red Cross Built Exactly 6 Homes For Haiti With Nearly Half A Billion Dollars In Donations | HuffPost
Impact
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Case study 3-
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Extra notes
1. Was the “ABC” Approach (Abstinence, Being Faithful, Using Condoms) Responsible for Uganda's
Decline in HIV? - PMC (nih.gov)
2. Unlikely allies sway Bush on AIDS relief | The Seattle Times
3. The ABC's of HIV Prevention: Education in Uganda and Côte d' Ivoire on JSTOR
4.