Harford, TimKlien, MichaelTilmes, Klaus2012-08-132012-08-132005-03Viewpoint. -- Note no. 284 (March 2005)https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11227This note considers the future of aid from the perspective of the 2005-2030 time frame. It offers a possible scenario for the future, with booming private remittances and nongovernmental aid flows put to innovative uses, eclipsing a less agile, more politically driven official aid industry. A companion note (report 32125) offers a second scenario. The notes were written in the spirit of plausible stories abougt the future to encourage thinking about possible responses.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGAGRICULTUREAIDAID AGENCIESAID FLOWSAID PROGRAMSBILATERAL AIDBOND MARKETSBORROWINGCORPORATE GOVERNANCEDEBTDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT BANKSDEVELOPMENT FINANCEDEVELOPMENT IMPACTDIRECT INVESTMENTDISBURSEMENTSECONOMIC GROWTHFINANCIAL FLOWSFOOD HYGIENEGLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCEINNOVATIONINTERNATIONAL AIDINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTINTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSMALARIAMATCHINGMIGRATIONMORTGAGESPRIVATE DONORSPRIVATE SECTORPUBLIC POLICYRETIREMENTSAVINGSTRANSPARENCYTUBERCULOSISUNITED NATIONSVICTIMSWORKERSWORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORSWorld Bank10.1596/11227