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://hdl.handle.net/10986/11215

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spelling	okr-10986-112152017-12-13T12:00:56Z 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://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.
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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
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