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The Quest for Aid Complementarity: Reforming Co‐operation between Nordic+ Donors and NGO s
Author(s) -
Molenaers Nadia,
Gagiano Anna,
Renard Robrecht
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/dpr.12114
Subject(s) - complementarity (molecular biology) , political science , fragmentation (computing) , political economy , economics , economic system , international trade , computer science , genetics , biology , operating system
Aid fragmentation is a maddening problem in the aid business. NGO s are part and parcel of this fragmentation problem; hence calls for more complementarity between Northern NGO s and (their) governments have led to a series of co‐funding reforms. This article analyses the co‐funding reforms of the Nordic+ donors and situates them within the broader evolutions that have taken place in donor‐ NGO relations in these countries. It finds that these donors have interpreted complementarity in very different and even contradictory ways. Where some require NGO s to develop activities within the confines of the official bilateral strategy (intensive complementarity), others allow NGO s to do very different things (extensive complementarity).