ABSTRACT
Development aid has been delegated to and institutionalized in international institutions at a significant level only since 1945. But in the past 60 years, the number of intergovernmental organizations devoted to development has risen from four to over 360, and the specific tasks delegated to them has grown from just a few fields (like health care and communications) to well over a dozen (including poverty reduction and debt relief). Today, multilateral aid is one of the primary means of transfer from North to South. The delegation of development tasks to these organizations is an important way in which states cooperate to pursue humanitarian goals in international relations.
