Achieving meaningful impact through aid [1]

Rachel Glennerster discusses her role at DFID, her work on promoting electoral debates in Sierra Leone, the importance of strengthening local institutions, and the challenges of measuring the success of aid programmes. She emphasises the need for aid to involve local partners and focus on addressing pressing needs, rather than being paternalistic.

Standfirst: 
Collaborating with local partners and responding to country needs are essential for aid to be effective
Interviewee: 
Rachel.Glennerster [2]
Date Published: 
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Tags: 
Sierra Leone [3]
institutions [4]
DFID [5]
India [6]
evidence-based decision making [7]
evaluation [8]
policy [9]
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Topic: 
Institutions & Political Economy [10]
Related Content: 
Evidence to practice: Responding to crises [11]
Evidence to practice: Understanding the audience, context, and indirect effects [12]
Evidence to practice: Context-based data collection [13]
Evidence to practice: Being open minded and adapting evidence fragments [14]
Improving democratic accountability in Sierra Leone [15]
Audio File: 
Audio icon VoxDev talk Rachel Glennerster.mp3 [16]
Photo Credit: 
Sgt Neil Bryden RAF