Danish aid policies for poverty reduction : from non - committal statements to a more strategic approach
1996
Lars Udsholt
The paper provides an analysis of Danida policies in the poverty reduction area. Current Danish aid efforts to address poverty issues are based on a prolonged understanding among policy makers and aid bureaucrats that a basic premise of Danish aid has been its focus on alleviating poverty. The paper argues that the lack of a more explicit and operational poverty focus throughout the last two decades has implied important constraints on the effectiveness on past poverty reduction efforts. Thus, Danish aid displays both specific results at the level of individual interventions and missed opportunities in terms of failing to address a number of institutional and structural constraints for poverty reduction. Acknowledgements are made of recent important advancements in Danida’s approach to poverty reduction. Still, the paper also points to a number of critical challenges and constraints related to further operationalising the new policy framework. These include institutional constraints in Danida’s organisation, constraints on rooting poverty reduction efforts in recipient strategies, and the critical importance of interaction between Danida and the wider Danish aid policy community.
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