The impact of donor fragmentation and proliferation on aid effectiveness in Kenya

Abstract

The debate on aid effectiveness has been raging for a long time with various calls for it to be increased or dramatically reduced. The calls for aid reform have been the pt-ajor motivation for researching on this issue with a keen emphasis on the impact donor fragmentation and proliferation has had on aid effectiveness especially in Kenya. The major issues which have been investigated in this study are whether fragmentation is an impediment to aid effectiveness and whether there are significant efforts been made to address the issue.

The thesis was approached from a theoretical framework of realism basically to determine the donor-recipient relationship and the methodology used was a combination of primary data collected from significant personnel in two government ministries and UN agencies tasked with coordinating donor resources. The study has found fragmentation and proliferation to be a critical issue which must be addressed and one which has led to the significant steps being made towards donor harmonization and coordination. It has also found that fragmentation is not the only issue impeding aid effectiveness in Kenya.