CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Schober, Amy Marie |
|---|---|
| Title | Mapping Solutions to Aid Coordination Challenges: The Impact of Information Sharing Through Multi-Donor Aid-Mapping in Malawi |
| Summary | Aid coordination is widely accepted as an important element of aid effectiveness. A new tool has been developed in Malawi, which displays recipient locations of programs and funding from development partners on an interactive online map. It has been theorized that this tool can help development partners improve coordination through the enhanced information sharing that comes through mapping, however this theory has not been tested. This thesis evaluates to what extent the aid-mapping tool is helping development partners to improve coordination efforts. The study involved a series of interviews in Malawi conducted less than a year after the introduction of the tool. The interviews uncovered the challenges to coordination, as well as development partner perspectives on the utility of the map. This thesis concludes that some donors are integrating information accessed through the map into developing strategic plans, yet this is still uncommon. Development partners are not passing on information about the tool to local development actors, and there is no indication of increased field level coordination. However, map utilization is expected to increase through improvements in the tool itself as well as through its integration into the development partner’s planning processes. The thesis concludes with recommendations regarding these improvements. |
| Supervisor | Svensson, Sara |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/schober_amy.pdf |
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