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Stefan Meyer

Former senior researcher

Stefan Meyer is a Political Scientist (Free University Berlin) and holds a Masters degree in Governance and Development from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in Brighton, UK.

He frequently publishes in FOROAOD.

Among his latest projects are

• Donor harmonization: Between Effectiveness and Democratisation
  
• Participatory Revision of Spanish Development Cooperation.

Before joining FRIDE, he worked as a consultant on aid instruments and conflict impact assessment for a number of NGOs and for the German Development Bank (KfW). Between 2000 and 2003, he was Coordinator of the social sector of the reintegration programme for refugees and ex-combatants in Sierra Leone atthe German Development Agency (GTZ). Previously, he worked as a researcher in a consultancy firm for health sector reform and in an NGO providing civic education.

Geo tags

European Union Sub-Saharan Africa West Africa

Expert in

Aid effectiveness Democratisation Development Development cooperation Donors Governance Harmonization Institution building Poverty reduction Spanish Aid

Spoken languages

English, French, German, Spanish

Written languages

English, German, Spanish

Current projects

Donor harmonization and its impact on democratization: Looking for the nexus between aid effectiveness and democracy

Expert publications

• 08/02/2010 - Domestic accountability and agency reform

• 12/01/2010 - Spain in Africa: The Reluctant Newcomer

• 23/07/2009 - Governance assessments and domestic accountability

• 23/10/2008 - Accra, the day after

• 22/08/2008 - Building the global governance of aid

• 22/07/2008 - Democratic ownership and mutual accountability

• 03/06/2008 - Ownership with adjectives

• 28/04/2008 - The impact of aid policies on domestic democratisation processes: the case of Mali

• 07/12/2007 - Donor harmonisation and democratisation: are donors fit for politics?

• 01/10/2007 - Donor harmonisation: between effectiveness and democratisation. Theoretical framework and methodology for country case studies

• 10/09/2007 - Donor harmonization and democratisation: new challenges for the development agenda

• 27/07/2007 - Spanish development cooperation: right on track or missing the mark?

• 12/03/2007 - Sierra Leone: Reconstructing a Patrimonial State

• 15/05/2006 - Harmonisation: The centre piece in the development effectiveness jigsaw

• 08/05/2006 - Towards a New Effective Multilateralism in Aid