Summary.
International cooperation has never been more needed, but the current system of aid is outdated and ineffective. The Future of Aid calls for a wholesale restructuring of the aid project, and a new approach fit for the challenges of the 21st century: Global Public Investment.
It calls for a series of shifts: from a narrow focus on poverty to a broader attack on inequality and sustainability; from seeing international public money as a temporary last resort to valuing it as a permanent force for good; and from North–South transfers to a collective effort in which all countries take part.