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. 2013 Feb 22;8(2):e56271. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056271

Table 2. Characteristics of Pool B Studies: General Aid.

Study Study Design Outcomes Measured Programme/Project Name Country Aid Donor/s Analysis of aid modality and management Funding Amount Year of Intervention
Agha 2002 [26] Causal MDG 5.3 Social Marketing Adolescent Health Project Cameroon; Botswana; South Africa; Guinea USAID Study describes discrete project inputs with no indication of adherence to Paris Principles Unspecified 1994–1998
Baird 2010 [27] Causal MDG 5.2; MDG 5.4 Safe Motherhood Project Indonesia World Bank The intervention is described as a first phase in a large-scale programme, suggesting partnership with the Indonesian Ministry of Health. However, there is insufficient detail to adequately assess depth of ownership or alignment, and the study describes discrete project interventions. USD42.5 m 1998–2003
Barbey 2001 [28] Causal MDG 5.1; MDG 5.2; MDG 5.5 Dinajpur SafeMother Initiative Bangladesh CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Anywhere) The intervention takes a project approach but it is implemented in conjunction with the Government of Bangladesh and UNICEF; hence a suggestion of harmonisation and a degree of alignment. However, there is no indication of funding being on-budget. Unspecified 1999–2001
Buckley 2006 [29] Correlation MDG 5.3 Various Uzbekistan Various bilateral (incl. USAID) and multilateral agencies (incl. UNFPA, UNESCO, UNAIDS) and Non- Governmental Organisations Study concerns multiple projects and donors; design is not conducive to determining any adherence to the Paris Principles Unspecified 1993–2000
Campbell 2005 [30] Correlation MDG 5.1; MDG 5.2; MDG 5.3; MDG 5.5 Safe Motherhood Programme Egypt USAID Project approach with a suggestion of alignment with a national strategy as the project provides support to the national Safe Motherhood programme. Insufficient to classify as Paris-style aid. Unspecified Series of projects running from 1985–2005
Debay 2007 [31] Correlation MDG 5.3 The Toliara Province Child Survival Project Madagascar USAID Project approach using implementing partners; suggestion of government ministries as partners, but no indication of adherence to Paris Principles. USD1,229,843 2003–2006
Hounton 2008 [32], [33] Causal MDG 5.1; MDG 5.2; MDG 5.5 The Skilled Care Initiative Burkina Faso Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Family Care International (implementing partner) Project approach; insufficient information to indicate any adherence to the Paris Principles. Unspecified 2001–2005
Mathur 2004 [34] Causal MDG 5.3; MDG 5.5 The Skilled Care Initiative Burkina Faso Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Family Care International (implementing partner) Discrete project interventions, involving community participation, but no indication of adherence to the Paris Principles. Unspecified 2001–2005
Meuwissen 2006 [35] Causal MDG 5.3 Unspecified Nicaragua UK Department for International Development (DFID); Central American Health Institute (implementing partner), plus 4 NGOs (implementing partners) Project with insufficient information to assess adherence to Paris principles. Unspecified Dates unspecified but vouchers distributed between Sept 2000 and July 2001
Mize 2008 [36] Correlation MDG 5.2; MDG 5.5 Child Survival Grant Timor Leste USAID Project approach using implementing partners, with Ministry of Health as a partner (suggestion of alignment); insufficient detail to assess adherence to the Paris Principles. Unspecified 2004–2008 (on-going to 2010)
Mulay 1992 [37] Correlation MDG 5.3 3 projects: National Integrated Medical Association; Centre for Matru Mandir; Yusuf Meherally Centre India Various state bodies, national and international NGOs NGO-led projects, with no information about aid flows and management. Unspecified Since 1986
Options Consultancy Services Ltd 2010 [38] Correlation MDG 5.1; MDG 5.2; MDG 5.5 Support to Safe Motherhood Program Nepal DFID (main donor); five implementing partners (John Hopkins University, Actionaid, Ipas, UN Mission to Nepal, UNICEF) Suggestion of alignment (with national strategy) as the project provides support to the national Safe Motherhood programme with some co-funding from government; but insufficient information on the funding mechanisms and management to classify intervention as ‘Paris-style’, i.e. unclear if funding is budget support or sector budget support, if it is on-budget or using national systems. Limited information on overall budget, but Rs. 820 m in financial aid 2009/10 for Options Technical Assistance 2004–2010
Powell-Jackson 2006 [3] Correlation MDG 5.1 Not relevant (article provide an overview of donor giving patterns) Covers approximately 150 countries OECD-DAC donors Data on different aid modalities (including budget support) but the study does not seek to make claims on behalf of different types of aid, nor does it provide detail to enable a classification as Paris-style aid. Amounts reported in Creditor Reporting System for majority of donors Not relevant
Price 2009 [39] Correlation MDG 5.2; MDG 5.3; MDG 5.5 Unspecified Rwanda PEPFAR (plus implementing partner Family Healthcare International) Suggestion of ownership as direct grants are provided to local Primary Health Centres; but insufficient information to assess adherence to Paris Principles. USD 63,000 for basic HIV care from FHI in year one going down to USD 32,000 a year after that Unspecified
Ronsmans 2001 [40] Correlation MDG 5.2 Safe Motherhood Programme Indonesia MotherCare (USAID-funded initiative) Suggestion of alignment (with national strategy) as the project provides support to the national Safe Motherhood programme in partnership with the Ministry of Health; but insufficient information on the funding mechanisms and management to classify the intervention as ‘Paris-style’. Unspecified 1994-(end date unspecified)
Senlet 2008 [41] Correlation MDG 5.2; MDG 5.5 PAIMAN Project Pakistan USAID (plus implementing partners) Discrete project with suggestion of some government involvement. USD 49,943,857 through 2009 2005–2009
Snyder 2003 [42] Correlation MDG 5.3 Not relevant (study presents meta-analysis). Covers multiple countries USAID (funder); John Hopkins University (implementing partner) Study analyses multiple targeted projects; limited information about the aid flows and management to enable classification as Paris-style aid. Unspecified Not Relevant
Williams 2007 [43] Causal MDG 5.3 Africa Youth Alliance Programme Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (funder); United Nations Population Fund (implementing partner); Pathfinder International (implementing partner); Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (implementing partner) Project approach with suggestion of partnership with government, but limited information to assess adherence to the Paris Principles. Unspecified 2000–2006
World Bank 1998 [44] Correlation MDG 5.2 Family Health Projects I & II, Sexually Transmitted Infections Project Zimbabwe World Bank Insufficient information to suggest anything other than discrete projects. Unspecified Initial loan provided in 1986, second one in 1991, then separate project on Sexually Transmitted Infections launched in 1993
World Bank 2008 [45] Correlation MDG 5.3; MDG 5.6 Egypt Population Project Egypt World Bank Programme aid (credit/loan), but most of the information is about support for NGOs with insufficient information to assess adherence to the Paris Principles. USD17.2 m 1998–2005