Democratic ownership” and “mutual accountability” are the two main fields of political contestation in the global governance of aid.
Democratic ownership describes the aim of extending the creation and implementation of development strategies beyond the government, and towards parliaments, major auditing institutions and civil society. Mutual accountability refers to the negotiation, measurement and implementation of the two sides of the aid relation: good governance on part of the Southern states and good aid provision on the part of Northern donors.
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