Tracking External Donor Funding.pdf - NDC

2.2.6.4 External Aid per capita in the WB&GS
Figure 10 shows the fluctuations in the amount of
external aid to Palestinians in the WB&GS on a per
capita basis. There is a dramatic rise beginning in 2000
and culminating at the height of the 2002 Intifada, and a
similar pattern emerging in between the 2006 elections
and the 2007 advent of the Emergency Government.
Between 2000 and 2002, and between 2006 and 2008,
the level of external aid on a per capita basis more than
doubles (219 to 518 and 405 to 848 respectively).
Figure 10: External Aid Per Capita
to the WB&GS (1999-2008)
900
848
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
518
506
405
288
301
333 322
183
219
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Source: Table drawn from OECD/DAC and World Bank Databases (2009) and the
PCBS (2009). Figures are given in USD.
2.3 External Aid Coordination Structure
As a result of the almost unprecedented amount of aid
being channeled to the WB&GS and the highly
politicized conditions in which it is delivered, a complex
structure governing external aid has developed. The
following section briefly maps the structure and
evolution of this system, as well as its influence on the
direction of external aid system. As these bodies
represent the macro-level decision makers and
stakeholders in the Palestinian development process, how
and what decisions they make have an effect on external
funding to PNGOs, which are only a small part of the
bigger picture of externally financed development.
2.3.1 Capital Level Aid Coordination
As figure 2.3.1 shows, the external aid coordination
structure is divided into two levels, the capital and the
local. At the capital level are the major donor bodies,
represented by the Quartet, EU, US, Russia and the UN.
These players liaise with the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee
(AHLC), a 12-member committee, established on the 1 st
of October 1993 by the Multilateral Steering Group of
the multilateral talks on Middle East peace in the context
of the Washington Conference. The AHLC serves as the
principal policy-level coordination mechanism for
development assistance to the Palestinian people and
seeks to promote dialogue between donors, the
Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Government of Israel
(GoI). The AHLC is chaired by Norway and cosponsored
by the EU and US. Its members include
Russia, the EU, Japan, Canada and Saudi Arabia, while
the PA, Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia are associate
members. The World Bank acts as the Secretariat of the
body.
According to Brynen (2000:3), the AHLC acts as a 'sort
of political steering committee, responsible for the
overall guidelines and policies of the aid process, with all
decisions made by consensus.
The Joint Liaison Committee (JLC) follows up on
AHLC decisions and recommendations at the local level,
in between meetings of the AHLC, which are usually
held twice a year (spring and autumn). The JLC was
originally created in 1995 to enhance ‘tripartite’
cooperation with the understanding that implementation
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