Introduction PART I: AID 1.0 1. What is Aid? 2. What is Aid for? 3. What Makes Aid Effective? PART II: AID 2.0 4. A New Vision for Aid 5. What does 'Aid 2.0' Look Like? 6. Conclusions

Sumner and Mallett review the literature on aid in light of shifts in the aid system and the increasing concentration of the world's poor in middle-income countries. As a consequence, they propose a series of practical, policy relevant options for future development cooperation, with the aim of provoking discussion and informing policy.

Author Andy Sumner: Andy Sumner is Co-director of the newly established King's International Development Institute at King's College London, UK. He was previously a research fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK. Andy is an interdisciplinary development economist with research interests in the fields of global poverty, economic development, and inequality with reference to middle-income countries and emerging economies. He was listed in Foreign Policy's 'Top 100 Global Thinkers' and Devex's '40-under-40 Global Development Leaders' for his work on the 'new bottom billion' about poverty in middle-income countries.
Author Richard Mallett: Richard Mallett is a Research Officer at the Overseas Development Institute in London, UK. He holds first-class degrees from University College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies, both in the UK, and is currently working on the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium a DFID-funded global research programme exploring livelihoods, economic activity, service delivery and processes of state-building in conflict-affected situations.