Aid That Works: Successful Development in Fragile States (Directions in Development) - Softcover

Manor, James

 
9780821362013: Aid That Works: Successful Development in Fragile States (Directions in Development)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0821362011 ISBN 13: 9780821362013
Publisher: World Bank Publications, 2006

Synopsis

Research in recent years on aid effectiveness shows that significant obstacles in fragile states--insecurity, poor governance and weak implementation capacity--usually prevent aid from achieving the desired results in these environments. This study investigates the attributes and effectiveness of donor-supported programmes and projects that worked well under difficult conditions in fragile states. Presented in this study are nine development initiatives in six less developed countries-Afghanistan, Cambodia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Timor Leste and Uganda. The cases show that development initiatives, which engage local communities and local level governments, are often able to have significant impact. However, for more substantial improvements to take places, localized gains need to be scaled up either horizontally (other localities) or vertically (to higher levels). Given the advantages of working at the local level and the difficulty of working through mainstream bureaucratic agencies at higher levels in these countries, donors often prefer to create 'parallel-agencies' to reach out to larger numbers of beneficiaries. However, this may in the long run weaken the legitimacy of mainstream government institutions, and donor agencies may therefore choose to work as closely as possible with government officials from the beginning to build trust and demonstrating that new initiatives are non-threatening and help prepare the eventual mainstreaming of 'parallel agencies'.

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Product Description

Aid That Works Investigating the attributes and effectiveness of donor-supported programmes and projects that worked well under difficult conditions in fragile states, this book presents a study of nine development initiatives in six less developed countries, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Timor Leste and Uganda.

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Publisher
World Bank Publications
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0821362011
ISBN 13 
9780821362013
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
320