Aid coordination and management: Considerations, lessons learned and country examples

Whatever the short-term objectives, aid is aimed at promoting growth and alleviating poverty, and aid effectiveness largely depends on the institutions and policies of recipient countries. Aid coordination, management and effectiveness have often become overwhelmed by donor actions, especially in countries highly dependent on aid. This paper aims to briefly overview issues related to aid coordination, and highlight lessons learned using case studies from countries such as Botswana, Lesotho, Mongolia, Egypt, Serbia and others, that have employed a variety of aid coordination mechanisms and schemes to manage donor funding, and bilateral and multilateral relations.