The Market for Aid : Understanding Aid by Looking Forward and Looking Back

The Market for Aid : Understanding Aid by Looking Forward and Looking Back

The market for aid is changing. These days donors use a far greater array of instruments than in the past, and operate in a context of far larger private financial flows. Poor countries are growing richer, but there are legitimate doubts about whet...

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Main Authors: Harford, Tim, Klein, Michael
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AID
AID AGENCIES
AID FLOWS
AIR
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS
CAPITAL MARKETS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
CLIMATE
CRIME
DEBT
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EQUITY INVESTMENTS
INSURANCE
MALARIA
MATURITIES
MUNICIPALITIES
PRIORITIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PUBLIC POLICY
QUALITY STANDARDS
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
WORKERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6040125/market-aid-understanding-aid-looking-forward-looking-back
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11215
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spelling okr-10986-112152021-04-23T14:02:54Z The Market for Aid : Understanding Aid by Looking Forward and Looking Back Harford, Tim Klein, Michael AID AID AGENCIES AID FLOWS AIR BENEFICIAL EFFECTS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CLIMATE CRIME DEBT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH EQUITY INVESTMENTS INSURANCE MALARIA MATURITIES MUNICIPALITIES PRIORITIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC POLICY QUALITY STANDARDS SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKERS The market for aid is changing. These days donors use a far greater array of instruments than in the past, and operate in a context of far larger private financial flows. Poor countries are growing richer, but there are legitimate doubts about whether the aid industry deserves credit. Measurement of the effectiveness of aid has not yet produced some of the results that would really help, such as credible ratings of aid agencies or rigorous randomized trials of specific programs. This information might pull the aid debate away from minimizing the costs of aid competition and toward trying to maximize the benefits: widespread experimentation and innovation. 2012-08-13T14:28:16Z 2012-08-13T14:28:16Z 2005-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6040125/market-aid-understanding-aid-looking-forward-looking-back http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11215 English Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 293 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Viewpoint
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topic AID
AID AGENCIES
AID FLOWS
AIR
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS
CAPITAL MARKETS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
CLIMATE
CRIME
DEBT
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EQUITY INVESTMENTS
INSURANCE
MALARIA
MATURITIES
MUNICIPALITIES
PRIORITIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PUBLIC POLICY
QUALITY STANDARDS
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
WORKERS
spellingShingle AID
AID AGENCIES
AID FLOWS
AIR
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS
CAPITAL MARKETS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
CLIMATE
CRIME
DEBT
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EQUITY INVESTMENTS
INSURANCE
MALARIA
MATURITIES
MUNICIPALITIES
PRIORITIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PUBLIC POLICY
QUALITY STANDARDS
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
WORKERS
Harford, Tim
Klein, Michael
The Market for Aid : Understanding Aid by Looking Forward and Looking Back
relation Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 293
description The market for aid is changing. These days donors use a far greater array of instruments than in the past, and operate in a context of far larger private financial flows. Poor countries are growing richer, but there are legitimate doubts about whether the aid industry deserves credit. Measurement of the effectiveness of aid has not yet produced some of the results that would really help, such as credible ratings of aid agencies or rigorous randomized trials of specific programs. This information might pull the aid debate away from minimizing the costs of aid competition and toward trying to maximize the benefits: widespread experimentation and innovation.
format Publications & Research
author Harford, Tim
Klein, Michael
author_facet Harford, Tim
Klein, Michael
author_sort Harford, Tim
title The Market for Aid : Understanding Aid by Looking Forward and Looking Back
title_short The Market for Aid : Understanding Aid by Looking Forward and Looking Back
title_full The Market for Aid : Understanding Aid by Looking Forward and Looking Back
title_fullStr The Market for Aid : Understanding Aid by Looking Forward and Looking Back
title_full_unstemmed The Market for Aid : Understanding Aid by Looking Forward and Looking Back
title_sort market for aid : understanding aid by looking forward and looking back
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6040125/market-aid-understanding-aid-looking-forward-looking-back
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11215
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