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ItemACFID and 'Value for Money'(Australian Council for International Development, 2012)Value for Money is not a new concept and has again become prominent in international discourse around aid and aid effectiveness including from deliberations leading to, and outcomes resulting from, the 2011 Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness held in Busan. From discussions with our members, many of whom have participated in relevant initiatives such as the Big Push Forward, ACFID appreciates the need to discuss ‘value for money’ in the international aid context and wishes to engage more with the Australian Government (especially AusAID), our members, primary stakeholders and the Australian public so that a mutual understanding of value for money can be developed.
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ItemResearch for Better Aid: An Evaluation of DFAT's Investments(Office of Development Effectiveness, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 2015)Research-based evidence contributes to development innovation and high-quality aid policy and programming. The Australian aid program has long recognised the importance of research to its work. Indicative of this is that the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT) (and, before that, AusAID) grew its investment in research from $19 million in 2005–06 to more than $181 million in 2012–13—a rate of increase significantly higher than that of its programmable aid. This Office of Development Effectiveness evaluation assesses the degree to which DFAT’s aid investment in research has been appropriate, effective and efficient, and provides recommendations for improving the future management of its research investment.