Assessing equity in "Aid for DRM" projects | Three-tier Methodology

Each year, the Addis Tax Initiative (ATI) publishes an “Aid for DRM” dataset. Oxfam uses this publicly available dataset to assess the qualitative aspects of DRM cooperation, between development partners and partner countries. We focus on several elements in our analysis – from equity to country ownership. Previous assessments have been published in 2017, 2018 and 2019, which examined published project descriptions to assess the primary objectives of cooperation. 

This methodological note lays out a deeper, tiered approach to assessing “equity” and if donor-funded DRM projects are contributing to making revenue systems more equitable. Overall, this 3- tiered framework is designed to help answer the following question about each project: Are development partners and country partners prioritising equity in their DRM cooperation?