SELECT COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS The Economic Impact and Effectiveness of Development Aid Oral and Written Evidence Contents Actis, Adam Smith International and Ashmore Investment Management Ltd—(QQ 252-283)4 Adam Smith International—Written evidence ..................................................................................... 5 Adam Smith International, Actis and Ashmore Investment Management Ltd—(QQ 252-283) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Africa Delivers—Written evidence ..................................................................................................... 39 Ashmore Investment Management Ltd, Actis and Adam Smith International—(QQ 252-283) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Jan Dehn, Ashmore Investment Management Ltd—Supplementary written evidence ............ 43 Jean-Paul Azam, University of Toulouse—Written evidence ........................................................ 49 Embassy of Bangladesh—Written evidence ....................................................................................... 52 Aid Effectiveness Unit of Economic Relations Division, Bangladesh—Written evidence ........ 55 Mr Matt Berkley—Written evidence .................................................................................................. 61 Professor Philip Booth and Richard Manning—Oral evidence (QQ 284-337) .......................... 72 Gordon Bridger—Written evidence ................................................................................................. 102 Patrick Carter and Jonathan Temple—Written evidence ............................................................ 104 Center for Global Development—Written evidence ................................................................... 107 Mr John Chown, Chown Dewhurst LLP—Written evidence ...................................................... 115 Embassy of China—Written evidence .............................................................................................. 119 Christian Aid—Written evidence ...................................................................................................... 122 Christian Aid, Practical Action, Save the Children and Oxfam—Oral evidence (QQ 206-251) .................................................................................................................................................................... 129 Christian Aid—Supplementary written evidence ........................................................................... 130 Sir Edward Clay—Written evidence ................................................................................................. 136 Sir Edward Clay, Sir Tim Lankester and Lord Jay of Ewelme—Oral evidence (QQ51-81) .. 143 Sir Edward Clay—Supplementary written evidence ...................................................................... 163 Sir Edward Clay—Further Supplementary written evidence ....................................................... 164 Sir Edward Clay – Further supplementary written evidence ....................................................... 165 Professor Paul Collier—Oral evidence (QQ 317-337) ................................................................. 167 Professor Paul Collier—Supplementary written evidence ........................................................... 168 Department for International Development—Written evidence ............................................... 169 Andrew Mitchell MP, Secretary of State, Department for International Development— Written evidence ................................................................................................................................... 196 Department for International Development—Oral evidence (QQ 122-168) ......................... 197 Department for International Development—Supplementary written evidence.................... 221 Department for International Development; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and the Ministry of Defence—Written evidence .......................................................................................... 227 Department for International Development; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and the Ministry of Defence—Oral evidence (QQ 169-205) ..................................................................... 231 Department for International Development (Conflict Pool)—Supplementary written evidence .................................................................................................................................................... 250 Economic Affairs Division, Government of Pakistan—Written evidence................................. 259 Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Department for International Development; and the Ministry of Defence—Written evidence .......................................................................................... 265 Independent Commission for Aid Impact—Supplementary written evidence ......................... 266 Institute of Economic Affairs—Written evidence .......................................................................... 270 Lord Jay of Ewelme, Sir Edward Clay and Sir Tim Lankester —Oral evidence (QQ51-81) . 277 Kenya High Commission—Written evidence ................................................................................. 278 Sir Tim Lankester, Sir Edward Clay and Lord Jay of Ewelme—Oral evidence (QQ51-81) .. 282 Legatum Institute—Written evidence ............................................................................................... 283 Ministry of Defence; Department for International Development; and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office—Written evidence ..................................................................................... 291 Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, Department for International Development ............................. 292 Professor Oliver Morrissey, CREDIT and School of Economics, University of Nottingham— Written evidence ................................................................................................................................... 297 National Audit Office—Oral evidence (QQ 365-398) .................................................................. 301 National Audit Office—Supplementary written evidence ............................................................ 318 Professor Benno Ndulu and Professor Robert Picciotto—Oral evidence (QQ 31-50) ........ 321 Nigeria High Commission—Written evidence ............................................................................... 334 ONE—Written evidence ..................................................................................................................... 338 Stephen Booth, Research Director, on behalf of Open Europe—Written evidence ............ 343 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development—Written evidence ................. 349 Overseas Development Institute—Written evidence ................................................................... 355 Overseas Development Institute—Oral evidence (QQ 82-121) ............................................... 362 Oxfam, Practical Action, Christian Aid and Save the Children—(QQ 206-251) .................... 385 2 Oxfam— Supplementary written evidence ...................................................................................... 386 Professor Alan Penney—Written evidence ..................................................................................... 389 Professor Robert Picciotto, King’s College, London—Written evidence ................................ 390 Professor Robert Picciotto and Professor Benno Ndulu—Oral evidence (QQ31-50) ......... 396 Professor Robert Picciotto, King’s College, London—Supplementary written evidence ..... 397 Practical Action, Christian Aid, Save the Children and Oxfam—Oral evidence (QQ 206-251) .................................................................................................................................................................... 402 Practical Action—Supplementary written evidence ....................................................................... 426 Publish What You Fund—Written evidence ................................................................................... 428 Mr Roger Riddell and Professor Aiden Wood—Oral evidence (QQ 1-30) ............................ 431 Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University—Oral evidence (QQ 460-479) ....................... 450 Save the Children—Written evidence .............................................................................................. 468 Save the Children, Practical Action, Christian Aid and Oxfam—Oral evidence (QQ 206-251) .................................................................................................................................................................... 478 Save the Children—Supplementary written evidence ................................................................... 479 Rt Hon Rory Stewart MP—Oral evidence (QQ 338-364) ........................................................... 481 Mr Finn Tarp—Written evidence ...................................................................................................... 500 Jonathan Temple and Patrick Carter—Written evidence ............................................................ 504 Transparency International