Actions for Foreign Aid: Analyses of Efficiency, Effectiveness and Donor Coordination

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Foreign Aid: Analyses of Efficiency, Effectiveness and Donor Coordination

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[Place of publication not identified] : Nova Science Publishers, Inc. : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2013.
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FOREIGN AID: ANALYSES OF EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS AND DONOR COORDINATION; FOREIGN AID: ANALYSES OF EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS AND DONOR COORDINATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1 DOES FOREIGN AID WORK? EFFORTS TO EVALUATE U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; DOES AID WORK? A BRIEF SUMMARY; IMPACT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; HISTORY OF U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE EVALUATION; EVALUATION CHALLENGES; Mixed Objective; Funding and Personnel Constraints; Emphasis on Accountability of Funds; Methodological Challenges; Compressed Timelines; Country Ownership and Donor Coordination; Security, Agency and Personal IncentivesAPPLYING EVALUATION FINDINGS TO POLICY; CURRENT AGENCY EVALUATION POLICIES; ISSUES FOR CONGRESS; Reform Authorization Legislation; Appropriations for Enhanced Evaluation; Impact of Evidence Based Approach on Congressional Priorities; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A. SELECT ASPECTS OF CURRENT USAID, STATE DEPARTMENT, AND MCC EVALUATION POLICIES; End Notes; Chapter 2 FOREIGN AID: INTERNATIONAL DONOR COORDINATION OF DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; OVERVIEW OF OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE; WHY COORDINATE?; WHY NOT COORDINATE?, INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR DONOR COORDINATIONWPAE High Level Forums; Rome High Level Forum on Donor Harmonization; Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness; Accra Agenda for Action; Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation; The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation; IMPLEMENTING DONOR COORDINATION; Global Mechanisms; Use of Multilateral Organizations; Joint Assistance Strategies; Sector-Wide Approaches (SWAps); Data Sharing; U.S.-Specific Mechanisms for Donor Coordination; USAID Guidance; USAID Coordination Officers; Coordinators of Cross-Cutting Initiatives, COORDINATION CHALLENGESDivision of Labor; Concerns about Direct Budget Support and Funding Pools; Agency and Personnel Incentives; Lack of Inter-agency Coordination; Coordination Costs; Conflicting Strategic Interests; COORDINATING WITH NON-TRADITIONAL DONORS; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX. ODA BILATERAL DONORS, 2011; End Notes; Chapter 3 FOREIGN AID: AN INTRODUCTION TO U.S. PROGRAMS AND POLICY; SUMMARY; FOREIGN AID: AN INTRODUCTION TO U.S. PROGRAMS AND POLICY; A NOTE ON NUMBERS AND SOURCES; FOREIGN AID PURPOSES AND PRIORITIES; What Are the Rationales and Objectives of U.S. Foreign Assistance?, and Rationales for Foreign AidObjectives of Foreign Aid; FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL; What Are the Major Foreign Aid Funding Accounts?; Assistance Serving Development and Humanitarian Purposes; Assistance Serving Both Development and Special Political/Strategic Purposes; Assistance Serving Security Purposes; What Are the Recent Priorities and Trends in U.S. Foreign Aid?; Trends in Types of U.S. Aid; Trends in Programs and Sectors of Special Interest; Which Countries Receive U.S. Foreign Aid?; FOREIGN AID SPENDING
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9781626189034 (electronic bk.)
162618903X (electronic bk.)
9781626189027
1626189021
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