Arrival and Registration

(Main Quad)

Welcome, Public Panel Discussion: “Corruption, Transparency and the Future of Aid in the 21st Century."

(North Writing School, The Examinations School)

Moderator: Ngaire Woods, Global Economic Governance, Oxford University

Panelists:

• Kawusu Kebbay, Development Assistance Coordination Office, Sierra Leone
• Rodney Bent, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Daniel Kaufmann, Brookings Institution
• Judith Randel, Development Initiatives
• David Roodman, Center for Global Development

Reception

(North Writing School, The Examinations School)

Hosted By Oxford University’s Global Economic Governance Programme

Breakfast in the Dining Hall

Welcome

(East Writing School, The Examinations School)

• Michael Tierney, The College of William and Mary
• Ngaire Woods, Global Economic Governance, Oxford University

Session 1: Working Together For a Step Change in Foreign Assistance Information: AidData Public Release

(East Writing School, The Examinations School)

Chair: Michael Tierney, The College of William and Mary

• Owen Barder, Development Initiatives
• Stephen Davenport, Development Gateway
• Ryan Powers, The College of William and Mary
• Robert Hicks, The College of William and Mary

Coffee & Tea Break

Session 2: Next Steps for AidData

(East Writing School, The Examinations School)

Chair: Timmons Roberts, Brown University

• Daniel Nielson, Brigham Young University
• Sven Wilson, Brigham Young University

Lunch in the Dining Hall

Session 3: Corruption, Transparency and Good Governance

(East Writing School, The Examinations School)

Chair: Robert Hicks, The College of William and Mary

Presentations:

• Aid Selectivity Revisited: Governance and Corruption Matters

     Daniel Kaufmann, Brookings Institution

• Aid and Corruption: Do Donors Use Development Assistance to Provide the "Right" Incentives?

     Alessia Isopi, University of Nottingham

• Transparency Squared: Exploring the Relationship between Donor Transparency and Recipient Corruption

     Michael Tierney, The College of William & Mary

• Buying Bretton Woods

     James Vreeland, Georgetown University

Discussants:

• David Leblang, University of Virginia
• Ngaire Woods, Global Economic Governance, Oxford University

Coffee & Tea Break

Session 4: Non—DAC Donors&mdash How Much Do We Really Know?

(East Writing School, The Examinations School)

Chair: Daniel Nielson, Brigham Young University

Presentations:

• Innovating Cooperation Through the Prospects of Better Information: The Mexican Experience

     Reynaldo Castro Escorcia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico

• Are New Donors Different? Comparing the Allocation of Aid Projects between New and Old Donor Countries

     Axel Dreher, University of Göettingen

• China's Development Cooperation with Southeast Asia

     Margot Schüller, German Institute for Global and Area Studies

• Assessing Arab Aid: Trends Explanations and Unreported Transfers

     Debra Shushan and Chris Marcoux, The College of William and Mary

Discussants:

• Sarah Bermeo, Duke University
• James Vreeland, Georgetown University

Session 5: Aid Allocation and Impact: On-Going Questions and New Possibilities

(East Writing School, The Examinations School)

Chair: Michael Findley, Brigham Young University

Presentations:

• Foreign Aid and Regime Change: Assessing the Impact of Different Donors and Aid Types

     Sarah Bermeo, Duke University

• Break it Down: The Determinants of Bilateral Aid Fractionalization

     Jordan Kyle and Elizabeth Sperber, Columbia University

• The Supply of Foreign Aid and Demand for Asylum

     David Leblang, University of Virginia

• Does Aid Follow Need? Humanitarian Motives in Aid Allocation

     Richard Nielsen, Harvard University

Discussants:

• Dustin Tingley, Princeton University
• Stephanie Rickard, London School of Economics

Dinner in the Dining Hall

Breakfast in the Dining Hall

Session 6A: Donor Patterns and Aid Quality

Chair: Robert Hicks, The College of William and Mary

Presentations:

• A Quality of Official Development Assistance Index

     Homi Kharas, Brookings Institution

• What Determines the Size of Aid Projects?

     Christopher Kilby, Villanova University

• Aid Quality and Donor Rankings

     Stephen Knack, World Bank

• Donor Political Influences on Foreign Aid Composition

     Dustin Tingley, Princeton University

Discussants:

• Katharina Michaelowa, University of Zurich
• David Roodman, Center for Global Development

Session 6B: Information, Evaluation, and the Effectiveness of Foreign Assistance

(Swire Seminar Room, University College)

Chair: Daniel Nielson, Brigham Young University

Presentations:

• Exploring Spatial Dependence in Bilateral and Multilateral Patterns of Aid Giving

     Fabian Barthel, London School of Economics

• To Empower or to Impoverish? The Sector–by–Sector Effectiveness of Foreign Aid

     Michael Findley, Brigham Young University

• Can a Useful Aid Effectiveness Index Be Developed Using the Paris Declaration Framework?

     Pranay Kumar Sinha, University of Birmingham

• Fixing Failed Foreign Aid: Can Agency Practices Improve?

     Claudia Williamson, New York University

Discussants:

• Karin Christiansen, Publish What You Fund
• Sven Wilson, Brigham Young University

Coffee & Tea Break

Session 7A: Aid—ing the Environment

(90 High Street Lecture Room, University College)

Chair: Timmons Roberts, Brown University

Presentations:

• Old Wine in New Bottles? – The Political Economy of Reporting Climate Aid

     Katharina Michaelowa, University of Zurich

• Explaining the Allocation of Foreign Aid for Biodiversity Conservation

     Daniel Miller, University of Michigan

• Trends in Official Climate Finance: Evidence from Human and Machine Coding

     Conference Presentation

     Timmons Roberts, Brown University

Discussants:

• Axel Dreher, University of Göettingen
• Michael Findley, Brigham Young University

Session 7B: Aid for Human Capital: Impacts on Health and Education

(Swire Semniar Room, University College)

Chair: Richard Nielsen, Harvard University

Presentations:

• "We Don't Need No Education": Evaluating the Impact of Education-Specific Foreign Aid on Enrollment Rates

     Daniel Nielson, Brigham Young University

• Donor Priorities in Health: How Have They Changed?

     Devi Sridhar, Oxford University

• Has Health-Sector Aid Reduced Infant Mortality?

     Sven Wilson, Brigham Young University

Discussants:

• Christopher Kilby, Villanova University
• Stephen Knack, World Bank

Lunch in the Dining Hall

Session 8: New Ways to Visualize Aid Flows

(90 High Street Lecture Room, University College)

Chair: Daniel Nielson, Brigham Young University

Presentations:

• Fishy Business: Exploring the Relationship between International Aid, Mangrove Deforestation, and Endangerment of Livelihoods in Coastal Ecuador

     Stuart Hamilton, College of William and Mary

• AidData and the Global Adaptation Atlas: An Effort in Defining, Tracking and Monitoring Adaptation Aid Flows

     Nisha Krishnan, Resources for the Future

• The Geography of Foreign Aid and Violent Armed Conflict

     Michael Findley, Brigham Young University

• The Use of Inter-Active Mapping and Crowdsourcing: Innovative Approaches to Enhancing Aid Effectiveness and Transparency

     Björn-Sören Gigler, World Bank Institute

Discussants:

• Robert Hicks, The College of William and Mary
• Daniel Nielson, Brigham Young University

Coffee & Tea Break and Poster Session

Closing Discussion

(90 High Street Lecture Room, University College)

Chair: Michael Tierney, The College of William and Mary

Panelists:

• Owen Barder, Development Initiatives
• Brian Hammond, IATI
• Christopher Kilby, Villanova University
• Brad Parks, London School of Economics

Breakfast in the Dining Hall

How to Use AidData: A Hands-on Training and Exploration

(90 High Street Lecture Room, University College)

Led by AidData Project Managers

Planning meeting of authors for special issue of World Development

(Swire Seminar Room, University College)

A working meeting of the authors to present and discuss possible articles.