April 11, 2009: A viewpoint titled ‘The White Paper and the question of aid effectiveness’ by Sania Nishtar has been published in The News International. Full text is accessible at Viewpoints
Context: The White House has recently released a White Paper on US policy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, articulating a number of geo-political and development imperatives for the region. This comment will focus only on the dimension related to development assistance within the contemporary realm of aid effectiveness.