Donor Performance : What Do We Know, and What Should We Know?

Donor Performance : What Do We Know, and What Should We Know?

It would be hard to disagree with the objectives of the international aid industry. But how much are donors contributing to their achievement? Despite recent progress, we still know surprisingly little. We know that some donors give much more than...

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Main Authors: Harford, Tim, Klein, Michael
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AID
AID FLOWS
DEBT RELIEF
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
GOOD GOVERNANCE
INCOME
INFLATION
PER CAPITA INCOME
TARGETING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TIED AID
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5528872/donor-performance
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spelling okr-10986-112522021-04-23T14:02:54Z Donor Performance : What Do We Know, and What Should We Know? Harford, Tim Klein, Michael AID AID FLOWS DEBT RELIEF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GOOD GOVERNANCE INCOME INFLATION PER CAPITA INCOME TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TIED AID It would be hard to disagree with the objectives of the international aid industry. But how much are donors contributing to their achievement? Despite recent progress, we still know surprisingly little. We know that some donors give much more than others relative to income. We also know that donors are focusing aid less on poor countries and more on countries with strong institutions or good policies. And we know that there appears to be no tradeoff here: the countries that give the most aid also target poor countries and those with good policies. Yet we are still in the dark about which donors, or which projects, are achieving the best results. 2012-08-13T14:34:20Z 2012-08-13T14:34:20Z 2004-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5528872/donor-performance Viewpoint. -- Note no. 278 (October 2004) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11252 English Viewpoint CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research
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topic AID
AID FLOWS
DEBT RELIEF
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
GOOD GOVERNANCE
INCOME
INFLATION
PER CAPITA INCOME
TARGETING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TIED AID
spellingShingle AID
AID FLOWS
DEBT RELIEF
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
GOOD GOVERNANCE
INCOME
INFLATION
PER CAPITA INCOME
TARGETING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TIED AID
Harford, Tim
Klein, Michael
Donor Performance : What Do We Know, and What Should We Know?
relation Viewpoint
description It would be hard to disagree with the objectives of the international aid industry. But how much are donors contributing to their achievement? Despite recent progress, we still know surprisingly little. We know that some donors give much more than others relative to income. We also know that donors are focusing aid less on poor countries and more on countries with strong institutions or good policies. And we know that there appears to be no tradeoff here: the countries that give the most aid also target poor countries and those with good policies. Yet we are still in the dark about which donors, or which projects, are achieving the best results.
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author Harford, Tim
Klein, Michael
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Klein, Michael
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title Donor Performance : What Do We Know, and What Should We Know?
title_short Donor Performance : What Do We Know, and What Should We Know?
title_full Donor Performance : What Do We Know, and What Should We Know?
title_fullStr Donor Performance : What Do We Know, and What Should We Know?
title_full_unstemmed Donor Performance : What Do We Know, and What Should We Know?
title_sort donor performance : what do we know, and what should we know?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5528872/donor-performance
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