# **Table A2: Robustness**

## **Dependent Variable: Completion Binary [yes=1] in Columns 1 and 3 through 9; Completion Index in Column 2 Standard Errors: Clustered by Organization OLS Estimates**

||**(1) Baseline**|**(2) Average**<br>**Completion**<br>**Rate**|**(3) Excl. Org.**<br>**With Most**<br>**Projects**|**(4) Excl. Five**<br>**Orgs. With**<br>**Smallest No. of**<br>**Projects**|**(5) Excl. Orgs. Below**<br>**5% or Above 95%**<br>**of CS-Autonomy**<br>**Scale**|**(6) Excl. Orgs.**<br>**Below 5%**<br>**or Above 95% of**<br>**CS-Inc./Monit.**<br>**Scale**|**(7) Defining**<br>**Management**<br>**Scores Using**<br>**Orgs with**<br>**Project Data**|**(8) Fractional**<br>**regression**|**(9) Alternative**<br>**Fixed Effects**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**CS-Autonomy**|0.28***|0.12***|0.24***|0.30***|0.35***|0.30***|0.26***|1.25***|0.26***|
||(0.04)|(0.03)|(0.04)|(0.04)|(0.02)|(0.04)|(0.04)|(0.19)|(0.04)|
|**CS-Incentives/Monitoring**|-0.18***|-0.11***|-0.19***|-0.23***|-0.21***|-0.21***|-0.14***|-0.80***|-0.16***|
||(0.05)|(0.03)|(0.05)|(0.05)|(0.03)|(0.05)|(0.04)|(0.22)|(0.04)|
|**CS-Other**|-0.07***|-0.03**|-0.08***|-0.06***|-0.06***|-0.07***|-0.06***|-0.35***|-0.08***|
||(0.02)|(0.01)|(0.02)|(0.02)|(0.01)|(0.02)|(0.02)|(0.09)|(0.02)|
|**Noise Controls**|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|
|**General and Capital Controls**|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|
|**Project Controls**|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|
|**Fixed Effects**|Project Type,<br>Sector|Project Type,<br>Sector|Project Type,<br>Sector|Project Type,<br>Sector|Project Type, Sector|Project Type,<br>Sector|Project Type,<br>Sector|Project Type,<br>Sector|Project Type<br>Within Sector|
|**Observations (clusters)**|3620 (30)|3620 (30)|3125 (29)|3593 (26)|3379 (27)|3585 (29)|3620 (30)|3620 (30)|3620 (30)|

**Notes:** *** denotes significance at 1%, ** at 5%, and * at 10% level. Standard errors are in parentheses, and are clustered by organization throughout. All columns report OLS estimates. Column 8 reports estimates from a fractional regression model. In Columns 1 and 3 through 9, the dependent variable is a dummy variable that takes the value 1 if the project is fully completed and 0 otherwise. In Column 2, the dependent variable is an index of project completion (that is a continuous measure between zero and one). Column 3 excludes projects implemented by the largest organization in terms of number of projects. Column 4 removes the 5 smallest organizations by number of projects. Columns 5 and 6 exclude organizations at the top and bottom of the CS-autonomy and CS-incentives/monitoring management scales respectively. Column 7 uses the 30 focal organisations to define the management z- scores. Project Type fixed effects relate to whether the primary classification of the project is 'Advocacy and Policy Development', 'Financial & Budget Management', 'ICT Management and Research', 'Monitoring, Training and Personnel Management', 'Physical infrastructure', 'Permits and Regulation' or 'Procurement'. Sector fixed effects relate to whether the project is in the administration, environment, finance, infrastructure, security/diplomacy/justice or social sector. Project controls comprise project-level controls for whether the project is regularly implemented by the organization or a one off, whether the project is a bundle of interconnected outputs, and whether the division has to coordinate with actors external to government to implement the project. Capital controls comprise a count of the number of interviews undertaken, which is a close approximation of the total number of employees. General controls comprise organization-level controls for the share of the workforce with degrees, the share of the workforce with postgraduate qualifications, and the span of control. Noise controls are averages of indicators of the seniority, gender, and tenure of all respondents, the average time of day the interview was conducted and of the reliability of the information as coded by the interviewer. Figures are rounded to two decimal places.