Aid Agency Competition : A Century of Entry, But No Exit

Harford, Tim ; Hadjimichael, Bita ; Klein, Michael

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT;    AID;    AID AGENCIES;    AID FLOWS;    BENCHMARKING;   

RP-ID  :  31029

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Critics of the aid industry have accusedit of acting like a cartel (Easterly 2002). The accusationhas some bite-globally the industry remains somewhatconcentrated, and for the typical recipient country, highlyconcentrated. Yet the most striking fact about the industryis how relentlessly competitive pressures are building.There has been a constant stream of new entrants, a steadyfall in global and local concentration, and a clear tendencyfor donors to break out of historical patterns of aid andcompete with one another. Could greater competition improvethe efficiency of the aid system?