Redirecting donor aid

Description

Redirecting donor aid involves reallocating financial and material resources from less effective or misaligned projects to initiatives that better address urgent needs and achieve greater impact. This strategy ensures that aid supports priority areas, reduces duplication, and remedies inefficiencies or mismanagement. By systematically reviewing and adjusting funding flows, donors can maximize the effectiveness of their contributions, directly targeting root causes of problems and fostering sustainable development outcomes.

Claim

Redirecting donor money for health from hospitals and specialist training to public health programme and essential clinical care -- especially for tuberculosis control, immunization and nutrient supplementation, AIDS prevention and reduction of tobacco consumption -- could make a significant contribution to policy reform and broad structural reform of health sectors in developing countries. Stronger donor coordination, especially at the level of individual developing country clients, would improved the positive impact on health, as has been shown in Bangladesh, Senegal and Zimbabwe.