DFID framework for assessing aid effectiveness

Assessing whether or not aid agencies are making a difference in developing countries and whether or not they are well organised in order to achieve this is difficult to answer because of the special nature of development business, organisational and functional differences within the aid community, and lack of terminological consistency. In response, DFID has developed a multilateral effectiveness framework (MEFF), which aims to be evidence-based, objective and to draw primarily on multilaterals’ own information sources. It will take into account differences in the mandates and organisational set-up of each organisation.