Addressing the Challenges Encountered by AIDA in Attaining its Aid Activities in Africa as a Foreign Donor
Date Issued
2024
Author(s)
Ibrahimli, Ilaha
Mammadov, Elnur
Mukhtarova, Malahat
Abstract
Humanitarian aid is an essential tool for any country to build its reputation in
the global arena and to establish political relationships with other countries in
order to strengthen and increase their cooperation and support. As a newly
established aid organization, the Azerbaijan International Development Agency
(AIDA) tries to use its resources to keep pace with the developed countries. This
capstone project discusses the challenges faced by Azerbaijan in the representation
of AIDA in its humanitarian aid activity in the African region. In order to offer a
three-sided approach, the data is driven by the interview sessions with three
represented parties: AIDA as a donor, politician from the Mauritius as a recipient
country and the expert of Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as an
intermediary organization. It is identified that some drawbacks are lack of efficient
logistics management, non-participation of AIDA members in the determination of
recipient countries’ demand, deficiency of capacity of AIDA for humanitarian aid,
insufficiency of management of aid tracking and non-assessment of corruption risks
accurately, and absence of a long-term strategy. Additionally, the study provides
some policy options according to the problems mentioned and evaluates various
policy alternatives based on the following criteria: effectiveness, efficiency, equity,
feasibility, and flexibility. The policy options that the study offers to AIDA in this
project should be considered as effective ways to reach their aid goals. Finally, this
paper evaluates findings from the examination of AIDA's humanitarian aid
operation and makes recommendations based on the evaluation of available policy
options.
the global arena and to establish political relationships with other countries in
order to strengthen and increase their cooperation and support. As a newly
established aid organization, the Azerbaijan International Development Agency
(AIDA) tries to use its resources to keep pace with the developed countries. This
capstone project discusses the challenges faced by Azerbaijan in the representation
of AIDA in its humanitarian aid activity in the African region. In order to offer a
three-sided approach, the data is driven by the interview sessions with three
represented parties: AIDA as a donor, politician from the Mauritius as a recipient
country and the expert of Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as an
intermediary organization. It is identified that some drawbacks are lack of efficient
logistics management, non-participation of AIDA members in the determination of
recipient countries’ demand, deficiency of capacity of AIDA for humanitarian aid,
insufficiency of management of aid tracking and non-assessment of corruption risks
accurately, and absence of a long-term strategy. Additionally, the study provides
some policy options according to the problems mentioned and evaluates various
policy alternatives based on the following criteria: effectiveness, efficiency, equity,
feasibility, and flexibility. The policy options that the study offers to AIDA in this
project should be considered as effective ways to reach their aid goals. Finally, this
paper evaluates findings from the examination of AIDA's humanitarian aid
operation and makes recommendations based on the evaluation of available policy
options.