DCID co-hosts event on reimagining the future of foreign aid
In partnership with USAID Alumni Association, George Washington University and World Hunger Education Services, the virtual roundtable explored how aid may be packaged and leveraged best in the future.
What foreign aid mechanism should America use to best achieve development goals?
The Duke Center for International Development, with the USAID Alumni Association, George Washington University and World Hunger Education Services, co-sponsored a virtual roundtable event addressing how aid may be packaged and leveraged best in the next five to ten years.
Approximately 50 participants gathered online to reflect on the wide range of mechanisms, instruments and means used in channeling resources in foreign assistance, and to share their experiences working with the U.S. Government, other governments, the World Bank, foundations, NGOs and other groups.
Phyllis Pomerantz, professor of the practice emerita in the Sanford School of Public Policy, moderated a session examining new and emerging funding mechanisms that the U.S. should consider adopting.
Pomerantz’s research interests center on aid effectiveness, governance, and global public goods and programs. She is the author of “Foreign Aid: Policy and Practice,” which provides a comprehensive summary of the background, actors, core principles, policies and outcomes of foreign aid.
Other event sessions focused on mechanisms to address different development challenges and various award instruments for disaster mitigation, life-saving relief and recovery.
Based on the roundtable event, a white paper will be published, addressing the relative merits of different ways that aid is shaped, formed and executed. The paper will be shared with the U.S. Department of State in response to questions asked in the Administration’s 2025 Foreign Assistance Review, Congress, and the media. It will also be available on George Washington University’s website.