ABSTRACT
It is now over two decades since the revitalised Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has existed as a regional economic community with wider mandates including peace and security. The regional organisation has gone through times of success in its delivery of its mission objectives to times where its only relevance became serving as a forum for the member states when and if they want to have one among them. This chapter IGAD’s effectiveness or lack thereof to the political economy of the organisation, in particular its financial structure. The more the organisation depends on external financing, the less members states drive its agenda, thereby negatively affecting the effectiveness of the organisation.
