Roger C Riddell

Roger Riddell, former International Director of Christian Aid, is a Non-Executive Director of Oxford Policy Management, a Principal of The Policy Practice, and since 2007, a member of the Independent Advisory Committee on Development Impact (IACDI) set up by the UK’s Department for International Development. His most recent book Does Foreign Aid Really Work? was published in 2008 (OUP).

Haiti: we've given the aid but will it work?

Is the aid effort in Haiti ineffective and wasteful? If so, is this typical of the way the world responds to disasters? It may take decades to get Haiti on its feet.

By Roger C Riddell

/ 28 Jan 2010

Is aid working? Is this the right question to be asking?

“Is it working?” is the question most commonly asked of aid. In response, aid agencies feed the public a diet of overwhelmingly “good news stories” to convince them that it is working. This diverts attention from the central question: how to reduce the major gap between what aid currently does and

By Roger C Riddell

/ 20 Nov 2009