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42 N.Y.U. J. Int'l L. & Pol. 1111 (2009-2010)
Democratizing Foreign Aid: Online Philanthropy and International Development Assistance

handle is hein.journals/nyuilp42 and id is 1121 raw text is: DEMOCRATIZING FOREIGN AID: ONLINE PHILANTHROPY AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE RAj M. DESAI & HOMI KHARAS* I. INTRODUCTION The nature of development assistance is changing rapidly, with new delivery mechanisms and new players becoming im- portant parts of the aid system. Official funding is increasingly being channeled through specialized agencies dedicated to particular targets, like HIV/AIDS or malaria, instead of through traditional agencies like the World Bank's Interna- tional Development Association, which provides support for broad country development programs. A raft of new players has emerged from the private sector, bypassing the traditional channels. These new players include foundations, religious or- ganizations, other NGOs and nonprofits, as well as individual philanthropists. Between 1998 and 2008, international private giving by U.S.-based corporate and independent foundations and indi- viduals doubled. Private aid, comprised of foundations, non- governmental organizations, religious groups, and charities in the United States contributed almost $37 billion to develop- ment causes in 2007.1 The World Bank, in comparison, com- mitted about $25 billion.2 This growth in private aid is seen at all levels, from mega-charities such as the Gates, Ford, Mac- * Raj M. Desai is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Wolfensohn Center for Development at the Brookings Institution, and Associate Profes- sor of International Development in the Edmund A. Walsh School of For- eign Service at Georgetown University. Homi Kharas is a Senior Fellow for global economy and development with the Woifensohn Center. 1. See CTR. FOR GLOBAL PROSPERITY, HUDSON INST., THE INDEX OF GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY AND REMITTANCES 2009 17 (2009), http://www. hudson.org/files/documents/Index%20of%2Global%2OPhilanthropy%20 and%20Remittances%202009.pdf (citing figures from the OECD 2009 re- port on development). 2. See THE WORLD BANK, ANNUAL REPORT 2007: FIsCAL OVERVIEW, http:/ /web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTABOUTUS/EXTANNRE P/EXTANNREP2K7/0,,contentMDI21489961-menuPK4186949-pagePK 64168445-piPK.64168309-theSitePK:4077916,00.html (tabulating amounts 1111 Imaged with Permission of N.Y.U. Journal of International Law and Politics

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