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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463315903321

Autore

Birdsall Nancy

Titolo

Cash on delivery [[electronic resource] ] : a new approach to foreign aid / / Nancy Birdsall and William D. Savedoff ; with Ayah Mahgoub and Katherine Vyborny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Center for Global Development, 2011

ISBN

1-283-83586-X

1-933286-61-X

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MahgoubAyah

SavedoffWilliam D

VybornyKatherine

Disciplina

338.9109172/4

338.91091724

Soggetti

Economic assistance - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Developing countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-110) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface to the second edition; Preface and acknowledgments; Part I: A proposal for Cash on Delivery Aid; Ch 1. Buying things versus buying development; Ch 2. A solution: Cash on Delivery Aid; Part II: Applications of Cash on Delivery Aid; Ch 3. Applying COD Aid toprimary education: a; Ch 4. Applying COD Aid to primary education: funding and implementation; Ch 5. Learning what works: the research challenge; Ch 6. Federal systems: a COD Aid proposal for Mexico's upper secondary schools; Ch 7. Beyond primary education: COD Aid for other development goals; References

Term sheets for COD Aid contractsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Foreign aid has no shortage of critics. Some argue that it undermines development and inherently does more harm than good; others insist that aid must be seriously reformed to work properly. Cash on Delivery (COD) Aid proposes serious reform to make aid work well by forcing accountability, aligning the objectives of funders and recipients, and sharing information about what works.Public and private aid can



improve lives in poor countries, but the willingness of taxpayers and private funders to finance aid programs depends more than ever on showing results. COD Aid is a funding mechan