Cash on Delivery: A New Approach to Foreign Aid

Nancy Birdsall, Ayah Mahgoub and William D. Savedoff

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Abstract: Foreign aid often works, but it is often criticized for being ineffective or even for undermining progress in developing countries. This brief describes a new approach, Cash on Delivery Aid, which gives recipients full responsibility and authority over funds paid in proportion to verifed measures of progress.

Keywords: Foreign; aid; developing countries; Cash; Delivery; progress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-12
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