The effectiveness of official development assistance: a case study of Mali

This paper is an attempt to analyze the official development assistance effectiveness in Mali. Mali is one of the world's poorest nations, ranking 182 out of 186 according to Human Development Index (HDI) 2013, a country with limited natural resources. The paper does not only evaluate the efficacy of official development effectiveness but also an endeavor to find out the ways to make the aids more effective and efficient in the Mali. Despite receiving an increasing amount of aid from the donor countries, the poverty rate in Mali has not been declining since 1960. So the paper attempts to highlight the weak areas of official development assistance and lastly it provides some constructive recommendations for the effectiveness of official development assistance.