Issue 15 : Capacity for 'Voice'

Increasingly, international development agencies are teaming up and adopting new aid modalities. Sector-wide programming and the integration of social assistance programmes into wider recipient-led poverty reduction strategies have been the main innovations thus far. The willingness of donors to work in closer harmony and to integrate support into country strategies implies a willingness to 'let go' and reduce their control over their aid budgets. This means, in turn, that there is a need for alternative verification and accountability mechanisms which can guarantee a results-based approach to poverty reduction.