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Short Summary
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| Title |
Aid Instruments, Social Exclusion and Gender:
Background Paper for DFID’s Internal Guidance on Aid Instruments |
| Author |
Payne, L. and Neville, S. |
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March 2006 |
| Publisher |
Social Development Direct |
| Donor |
UK Department for International Development (DFID)
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Short Summary |
Social exclusion and gender inequality deny certain
groups rights and opportunities afforded to others. This report, commissioned
by DFID, provides analysis of the use of aid instruments in supporting
progress on social exclusion and gender. In terms of tackling social
exclusion, DFID has often been a leader. Ensuring dedicated financial
resources and access to flexible sources of money has been crucial
to this success. However, there is a risk that as DFID moves towards
greater harmonisation of their aid (when donors make their funding
more consistent with each other), other donors may not prioritise
social exclusion and gender equality. For example, the shift towards
providing general poverty reduction budget support (PRBS) provides
opportunities to negotiate clear and costed targets for gender and
social exclusion outcomes. However, the lack of visibility and the
resistance to gender equity goals has been noted in the move from
projects to sector wide budgetary support. Donors thus need to focus
within PRBS on those policies that are particularly important for
addressing exclusion and gender issues. The report does not only focus
on PRBS, however. Instead it underlines the importance of working
with the range of aid instruments, and highlights how certain aid
instruments can complement each other to ensure stronger outcomes.
DFID thus needs to maintain or develop the flexibility to use a mix
of aid instruments in complementary ways in order to maximise impact.
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