Are aid agencies improving?
By: William Easterly
Contributors: Brookings Institution. Global Economy and Development
Series: Global Economy and development working paper -- no. 9; Global economy and development working paper -- 9.
Publisher: Brookings Institution
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 46
ISBN-13: 9780979037689
Subjects: Economic assistance; Humanitarian assistance
Description: The record of aid agencies over time seems to indicate weak evidence of progress over time in response to learning from experience, new knowledge, or changes in political climate. The few positive results are an increased sensitivity to per capita income of the recipient (although it happened long ago) a decline in the share of food aid, and a decline in aid tying. Most of the other evidence -- increasing donor fragmentation, unchanged emphasis on technical assistance, little or no sign of increased selectivity with respect to policies and institutions, the adjustment lending-debt relief imbroglio -- suggests an unchanged status quo, lack of response to new knowledge, and repetition of past mistakes.
Notes: Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 23, 2007).

At head of title: Brookings Global Economy and Development.

"This working paper was published in Economic Policy"--P. 2.

"September 2007."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-45).

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