Development effectiveness: what have we learnt?

Paul Collier and David Dollar

Economic Journal, 2004, vol. 114, issue 496, F244-F271

Abstract: We suggest that the 'poverty-efficiency' aid allocation is merely a benchmark guide if a donor lacks other information about the country and also the power to change or prevail over government preferences. We argue that in most circumstances donors have only limited scope for the latter and that, while high aid dependence may reduce the fungibility problem and the use of NGOs can by-pass it altogether, such circumstances are not very common. Hence, the main reasons for departing from the benchmark are when the donor has additional information about likely poverty impact, or if poverty reduction is not the objective. Copyright 2004 Royal Economic Society.

Date: 2004
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