The Virtues of TOSSDing
Professor Speedy presents his insights and recommendations to promote Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) as the...
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Aug 11 min read
TOSSD a statistical measure? Or an anecdotal quantitative narrative?
Hedwig Riegler points out the fundamental problems of a system designed under political influence and for political reasons which,...
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stevecutts
Jul 291 min read
The TOSSD Mirage
Given all the problems created by the DAC’s recent changes to ODA rules, it is no surprise to see proposals for alternative measures of...
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stevecutts
Jun 61 min read
Falsifying aid records: A prize example
If you told the taxman you made a $6 million loss when you really made a $31 million profit, you could go to jail. But as Simon Scott...
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Nov 1, 20231 min read
Brussels Declaration on Measuring Official Development Assistance
An international group of experts on the measurement of aid and other resource flows to developing countries met in Brussels, Belgium on...
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Jul 9, 20231 min read
Hedwig Riegler & Simon Scott: PSI Vehicles as ODA Generators
The miracle of "private sector instruments" -- endless new ODA at the touch of a button Double-click below to download paper
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Jun 13, 20231 min read
Simon Scott: Caps Are For Dunces!
Scott explains the DAC's simple solution for unwelcome figures - just report something else! Double-click below to download paper
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Jun 11, 20231 min read
Simon Scott: Write Your Own ODA Receipt, June 2023
Do discount rates really make much of a difference? Scott shows that they really do! Double-click below to download paper
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May 31, 20231 min read
Simon Scott: A New Low - Bond Purchases as ODA, May 2023
Scott explains why Bond himself would be shaken not stirred by the DAC's latest poisonous addition to its ODA cocktail Double-click below...
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stevecutts
May 29, 20231 min read
Hedwig Riegler - Stretching ODA by "Extending" Equity Investment, May 2023
Equity or iniquity? – Hedi Riegler puts the DAC’s latest proposed ODA rule changes under the microscope
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May 25, 20231 min read
Simon Scott: The Latest Horror: Equity Investments, May 2023
Simon Scott shows how the DAC's latest proposals to over-count ODA in equity investments are statistically incoherent, and should be...
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May 6, 20231 min read
Simon Scott: Abolishing Concessionality, May 2023
The DAC's pea-and-thimble trick to score "cost-free" ODA
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May 4, 20231 min read
Simon Scott: Statistical No-Nos, May 2023
The DAC’s ODA rules are now logically and ethically invalid – here’s why
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May 1, 20231 min read
John Speedy: A Modest Proposal for UK's ODA, March 2023
John Speedy (who tells us he is Regius Chair of Developmental Mathematics and from Punkeydoodles Corners, Ontario, kindly gave us...
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stevecutts
May 1, 20231 min read
Hedwig Riegler: Governance of ODA accounting – no substantial ODA reform without governance reform
This guest piece, by Hedwig Riegler, former Chair of the OECD/DAC's Working Party on Development Finance Statistics calls for a fresh...
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