Reinventing foreign aid
ed. by William Easterly
| Year of publication: |
c2008
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| Other Persons: | Easterly, William (ed.) |
| Publisher: |
Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : MIT Press |
| Subject: | Entwicklungshilfe | Development aid | Armutsbekämpfung | Poverty reduction | Entwicklungsfinanzierung | Development finance | Entwicklungsprojekt | Development project | Entwicklungsstrategie | Development strategy | Entwicklungsländer | Developing countries | Evaluation |
| Description of contents: |
Top experts in the field discuss how to improve the effectiveness of foreign aid, proposing practical solutions to specific problems rather than a utopian master plan.
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| Extent: | X, 567 S. graph. Darst. |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index Making aid work / Abhijit Banerjee and Ruimin HeUse of randomization in the evaluation of development effectiveness / Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer -- It pays to be ignorant : a simple political economy of rigorous program evaluation / Lant Pritchett -- Solutions when the solution is the problem : arraying the disarray in development / Lant Pritchett and Michael Woolcock -- Donors and service delivery / Ritva Reinikka -- The illusion of sustainability / Michael Kremer and Edward Miguel -- An aid-institutions paradox? : a review essay on aid dependency and state building in Sub-Saharan Africa / Todd Moss, Gunilla Pettersson, and Nicolas van de Walle -- Why do aid agencies exist? / Bertin Martens -- Absorption capacity and disbursement constraints / Jakob Svensson -- Donor fragmentation / Stephen Knack and Aminur Rahman -- The IMF and economic development / James Raymond Vreeland -- The knowledge bank / Jonathan Morduch -- Debt relief and fiscal sustainability for heavily indebted poor countries / Craig Burnside and Domenico Fanizza -- Making vaccines pay / Michael Kremer -- Can we build a better mousetrap? Three new insitutions designed to improve aid effectiveness / Steven Radelet and Ruth Levine -- Competing with central planning : marketplaces for international aid / Dennis Whittle and Mari Kuraishi -- Placing enterprise and business thinking at the heart of the war on poverty / Kurt Hoffman -- Avoid hubris: and other lessons for reformers / John McMillan -- Seven deadly sins: reflections on donor fallings / Nancy Birdsall. Contents -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction: Can't Take It Anymore? -- 2 Making Aid Work -- 3 Use of Randomization in the Evaluation of Development Effectiveness -- 4 It Pays to Be Ignorant: A Simple Political Economy of Rigorous Program Evaluation -- 5 Solutions When the Solution Is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development -- 6 Donors and Service Delivery -- 7 The Illusion of Sustainability -- 8 An Aid-Institutions Paradox? A Review Essay on Aid Dependency and State Building in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 9 Why Do Aid Agencies Exist? -- 10 Absorption Capacity and Disbursement Constraints 11 Donor Fragmentation -- 12 The IMF and Economic Development -- 13 The Knowledge Bank -- 14 Debt Relief and Fiscal Sustainability for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries -- 15 Making Vaccines Pay -- 16 Can We Build a Better Mousetrap? Three New Institutions Designed to Improve Aid Effectiveness -- 17 Competing with Central Planning: Marketplaces for International Aid -- 18 Placing Enterprise and Business Thinking at the Heart of the War on Poverty -- 19 Avoid Hubris: And Other Lessons for Reformers -- 20 Seven Deadly Sins: Reflections on Donor Failings -- Contributors -- Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web |
| ISBN: | 978-0-262-55066-6 ; 0-262-55066-0 ; 0-262-05090-0 ; 978-0-262-05090-6 ; 978-0-262-27212-4 ; 978-0-262-05090-6 |
| Classification: | Entwicklungsökonomie |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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