Nils-Sjard Schulz
Associate Fellow

Nils-Sjard Schulz is associate fellow at FRIDE and an independent consultant on aid effectiveness for several European and international organisms. In 2008, he collaborated with the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) at the OECD in the evaluation of the Paris Declaration (thematic study on aid effectiveness and development effectiveness, see pdf), the 2008 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration and the Accra High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. He has an MA in Social Sciences from the Humboldt University, Berlin, and a specialisation in International Relations from the Complutense University of Madrid.
His research focuses on the new aid architecture, the global governance of aid, the impact of donor harmonisation on partner countries, democratisation, implications of international division of labour and South-South cooperation. His most recent works include ‘Why the EU is not yet a mature development partner’ (FRIDE, February 2010); and ‘Spanish development policies: the obstacles to progress’ (FRIDE, January 2010).
Geo tags
Europe European Union Latin America & Caribbean Sub-Saharan Africa
Expert in
Aid effectiveness Council of Europe Development Development aid Development cooperation Division of labour Donors EU Evaluation Harmonization Political economy Spain Spanish Aid
Spoken languages
English, German, Spanish
Written languages
English, German, Spanish
Current projects
"Implications of division of labour for the new aid architecture" // "Donor harmonization and its impact on democratization: Exploring the nexus between aid effectiveness and democracy"
Expert publications
- 11/02/2010 - Why the EU is not yet a mature development partner
- 12/11/2009 - Silently leaving Malawi: Sweden's delegated exit
- 10/03/2009 - Swedish exit from Honduras: devising good practices
- 15/01/2009 - Implementing Paris and Accra: Latin America
- 23/10/2008 - Accra, the day after
- 29/09/2008 - Perspectives for the global governance of aid
- 22/08/2008 - Building the global governance of aid
- 03/06/2008 - Ownership with adjectives
- 15/05/2007 - Division of labour among European donors: allotting the pie or committing to effectiveness?
- 14/05/2007 - Transparency as a Cure for the 'Resource Curse': global consensus and tasks pending for Spain






