Aid that works : : successful development in fragile states / / James Manor, editor

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2007]; copyright 2007
• Descrizione fisica: xviii, 301 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 338.910917/4
• Soggetto topico: Economic assistance; Economic development projects - Developing countries; International economic relations
• Altri autori: ManorJames
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgment; Contributors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction: Synthesizing Case Study Findings; Chapter 2 A Framework for Assessing Program and Project Aid in Low-Income Countries under Stress; Tables; Chapter 3 The Transition Support Program in Timor-Leste; Chapter 4 The Seila Program in Cambodia; Figures; Chapter 5 The First and Second Health Sector Rehabilitation and Development Projects in Timor-Leste; Chapter 6 The Direct Support to Schools Program in Mozambique; Chapter 7 Decentralized District Planning and Finance in One Mozambican Province ; Chapter 8 The Community Fora Process in Mazar-e-Sharif, AfghanistanBoxes; Chapter 9 Aid Effectiveness and Microfinance: Lessons from Afghanistan; Chapter 10 Community-Driven Development in Conflict and Postconflict Conditions: The Northern Uganda Social Action Fund Proje; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 i
• Titolo autorizzato: Aid that works
• ISBN: 1-280-64353-6; 9786610643530; 0-8213-6202-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784067403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.); World Bank e-Library.