The following are some key reference materials, primarily for US foreign policy background:
CRS Foreign Aid: An Introduction to U.S. Programs and Policy Feb 2011
CRS Foreign Aid: An Introduction to U.S. Programs and Policy Feb 2011
US State (draft) Quad. Diplomacy & Development Review Nov 2010
US Global Development Strategy Sept 2010 Fact Sheet
US Strategy for Meeting Millennium Development Goals: Toward 2015 and Beyond
Obama Administration National Security Policy Strategy May 2010
European Commission EU 2020
US State Department draft QDDR Nov 2010
USAID FY2009 Performance Report and FY2011 Performance Plan
US Global Development Strategy Sept 2010 Fact Sheet
US Strategy for Meeting Millennium Development Goals: Toward 2015 and Beyond
Obama Administration National Security Policy Strategy May 2010
European Commission EU 2020
US State Department draft QDDR Nov 2010
USAID FY2009 Performance Report and FY2011 Performance Plan
Effective Aid by 2010 - 2008 Survey on Paris Declaration
State Department Foreign Operations Budget Analysis 2010
Foreign Aid Reform (article)
Revitalizing US Democracy Assistance: Challenge of USAID 2009
The UNDP ‘Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results’ is a 2009 updated edition of the 2002 edition of ‘Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluation for Results’.
Making Development Aid More Effective - Brookings Blum Roundtable Policy Briefs - September 2010
Foreign Policy and Development: Structure, Process, Policy, and the Drip-by-Drip Erosion of USAID - CSIS - September 2010
Revitalizing US Democracy Assistance: Challenge of USAID 2009
The UNDP ‘Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results’ is a 2009 updated edition of the 2002 edition of ‘Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluation for Results’.
Making Development Aid More Effective - Brookings Blum Roundtable Policy Briefs - September 2010