The authors argue that much of foreign aid's failure is related to the institutions that structure its delivery. They offer concrete suggestions about how to improve aid's effectiveness.
The authors argue that much of foreign aid's failure is related to the institutions that structure its delivery. They offer concrete suggestions about how to improve aid's effectiveness.
A leading political scientist's response to a generation of political orthodoxy, arguing for compassion as a political movement
The authors argue that much of foreign aid's failure is related to the institutions that structure its delivery. They explore the workings of Sida and find that Sida's institutions lead to perverse incentives and poor outcomes in the field.
... offers her bounty and human efforts have multiplied it. Plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of supply.”64 Six: People Are Too Compassionate for Their Own Good In 76 THE SAMARITAN'S DILEMMA.
Another situation that pervades development aid is the Samaritan's Dilemma (Buchanan 1977). An actor deeply concerned about the well-being of others—the Samaritan as per the parable in the New Testament—confronts situations in which ...