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Climate Finance: What Needs to be Done!
Three papers by Steve Cutts, Simon Scott and Hedwig Riegler examine climate-finance targets, measurement methods, donor effort and reporting problems.
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Jul 29, 202434 min read
Steve Cutts: Credit Where Credit's Due, February 2022
Stephen J Cutts’s February 2022 paper on ODA loan accounting: five methodological flaws, six recommendations, climate finance implications and all nine annexes.
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May 4, 202351 min read
Simon Scott: Statistical No-Nos, May 2023
Simon Scott examines logical errors and statistical ethics in ODA accounting, covering grant equivalents, loan risk, debt relief and independent rule-setting.
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May 4, 20238 min read
Steve Cutts: The Original Q&A, February 2022
Stephen J. Cutts answers 21 questions on ODA loan accounting, discount rates, debt relief, donor effort and climate finance in this original February 2022 Q&A.
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May 3, 202316 min read
John Speedy: A Modest Proposal for UK's ODA, March 2023
John Speedy’s March 2023 satirical essay examines the incentives in ODA accounting for loans, debt relief, equity investments, guarantees and grants.
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May 1, 202325 min read
Hedwig Riegler: Governance of ODA accounting – no substantial ODA reform without governance reform
Hedwig Riegler proposes 11 reforms to aid and resource-flow statistics, covering ODA accounting, donor effort and independent statistical governance in April 2023.
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May 1, 202319 min read
Steve Cutts: Point-by-point response to the OECD FAQ defending ODA accounting, October 2022
Steve Cutts responds to all 12 OECD FAQs on ODA modernisation, examining loans, debt relief, discount rates, equity investments and vaccine donations in October 2022.
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Apr 29, 202327 min read
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