Direct budget support, disbursement mechanisms and predictability

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested Norad to present different aspects of direct budget support, including a discussion of graduated response as a possible measure to increase predictability while maintaining reform incentives and recipient ownership.

This falls in line with the on-going international discussion on conditionality and graduated response. Many donors are searching for new approaches to conditionality, recognizing that reforms cannot be "bought" or imposed by donors, but rather have to be "owned" by the recipient country to be successful and sustainable.