Aid Effectiveness : Can Aid Agencies Be Smarter Than the Invisible Hand?
Private financial flows such as foreign direct investment seem toencourage economic growth and relieve poverty in part because theycreate excellent incentives for transferring know-how and in partbecause they are subject to a stern market...
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| Format: | Publications & Research |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6040161/aid-effectiveness-can-aid-agencies-smarter-invisible-hand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11218 |
| Summary: | Private financial flows such as foreign
direct investment seem toencourage economic growth
and relieve poverty in part because theycreate
excellent incentives for transferring know-how and in
partbecause they are subject to a stern market
test that ensures they areallocated and monitored
carefully. For aid flows, not automaticallysubject
to these disciplines, it is difficult to be as effective.
ThisNote argues that aid agencies, by learning
what makes private flowsso effective, can bring
better aid to the poorest. |
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