Development Effectiveness: What Does Recent Research Tell Us?
Quibria, M. G. | October 2004
Abstract
This paper provides a critical review of recent research on aid effectiveness and its implications for policies. This review suggests that much of the “conventional wisdom” that underpins current aid policies has a fragile empirical foundation. In particular, it notes that the so-called principle of “selectivity” that has been the guiding principle in allocating aid has little empirical traction and can be a potential instrument for discriminating against capacity-constrained or geographically disadvantaged countries. The paper also suggests that despite the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, which should be the fundamental basis for international aid allocation, much of this process is still driven by the selectivity principle with its emphasis on elaborate, but often largely opaque, evaluation of country policies and institutions. This review also offers newer perspectives on issues of conditionality, “good” policies and institutions, and monitoring.
Citation
Quibria, M. G.. 2004. Development Effectiveness: What Does Recent Research Tell Us?. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3928. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Alleviating Poverty
Anti-Poverty
Extreme Poverty
Fight Against Poverty
Global Poverty
Health Aspects Of Poverty
Indicators Of Poverty
Participatory Poverty Assessment
Poverty Eradication
Poverty Analysis
Poverty In Developing Countries
Poverty Reduction Efforts
Urban Poverty
Results-Based Monitoring And Evaluation
Project Evaluation & Review Technique
Performance Evaluation
Impact Evaluation Reports
Evaluation Criteria
Development Indicators
Environmental Indicators
Economic Indicators
Educational Indicators
Demographic Indicators
Health Indicators
Disadvantaged Groups
Low Income Groups
Socially Disadvantaged Children
Rural Conditions
Rural Development
Social Conditions
Urban Development
Urban Sociology
Project finance
Resources evaluation
Needs assessment
Cost benefit analysis
Poor
Economic forecasting
Health expectancy
Social groups
Political participation
Distribution of income
Inequality of income
Developing countries
Rural community development
Mass society
Social change
Social policy
Social stability
Population
Sustainable development
Peasantry
Urban policy
Urban renewal
Results mapping
Risk assessment
Participatory monitoring and evaluation
Cost effectiveness
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