The document discusses the history of development thinking and instruments used for aid. It describes different phases of development thinking from the 1950s focusing on capital investments, to the 1980s emphasizing good governance and democratization. It also presents a typology of interventions for change management including forcing solutions, conditioning behavior, and facilitating change. Finally, it covers measurements used to evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, value for money, sustainability and ownership of aid instruments.

1. AmLab Academy
Poverty fighting or wealth creation:
a history of aid
Overview today
1.History of development thinking versus
instruments
2.Typology of interventions
3.Typology of instruments
4.Measurements for aid

2. History of development thinking
and instruments
1. Different concepts and issues often mixed up: Poverty – Economic growth –
Development - History of development thinking – Instruments
2. Fifties: after WWII: grand scale macro theories. Capital investments. Big
push. Sixties: Marxist theories. Import substitution. Export led growth. Basic
Seventies: Human needs paradigm. Washington consensus. SAP with human
face. 80ties: Good governance, democratisation. 90ties: Voices of the poor.
MDG’s. Post 2015 agenda?

3. A typology of interventions:
Intervening as change management
Intervening as change management
Phases of interventions: Understanding, Vision, Sense of urgency, Implementing
change, Sustaining change
Implementing change:
1. Forcing a solution
2. Conditioning behaviour
3. Coalition building
4. Direct help
5. Direct support
6. Facilitating change

4. Measurements for aid
instruments
1. Effectiveness: Impact
2. Efficiency: cost – output ratios
3. Value for money: from inputs to allocative efficiency, operational efficiency
and outcomes
4. Sustainability
5. Ownership

5. AmLab Academy
Poverty fighting or wealth creation:
a history of aid
Overview today
1. Development thinking versus instruments
2. Poverty versus wealth creation
3. Typology of interventions and instruments
4. Professionalism

6. AmLab Academy
Poverty fighting or wealth creation:
a history of aid
Overview today
1. Development thinking versus instruments
2. Poverty versus wealth creation
3. Typology of interventions and instruments
4. Professionalism

7. AmLab Academy
Poverty fighting or wealth creation:
a history of aid
Overview today
1. Development thinking versus instruments
2. Poverty versus wealth creation
3. Typology of interventions and instruments
4. Professionalism

8. AmLab Academy
Poverty fighting or wealth creation:
a history of aid
Overview today
1. Development thinking versus instruments
2. Poverty versus wealth creation
3. Typology of interventions and instruments
4. Professionalism

9. AmLab Academy
Poverty fighting or wealth creation:
a history of aid
Overview today
1. Development thinking versus instruments
2. Poverty versus wealth creation
3. Typology of interventions and instruments
4. Professionalism