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Coordination Failure in Foreign Aid

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dc.contributor.authorHalonen-Akatwijuka, Maija
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-01T16:54:12Z
dc.date.available2013-07-01T16:54:12Z
dc.date.issued2004-02
dc.description.abstractThe author analyzes the allocation of foreign aid to various sectors in a recipient developing country. Donors tend to favor social sectors over other public expenditure programs. Due to incomplete information, donors may concentrate too much on priority sectors, leaving lower-priority yet important sectors lacking funds. Alternatively there may be gaps in services in priority areas because of the information problem. The author finds that the more similar preferences the donors have, the more scope there is for coordination failure. Therefore improving information is particularly important when the parties have similar priorities. A joint database on planned projects and budget allocations in each recipient country would provide such information. The author's point is that such databases should have both information on current projects and forward-looking information on the planned activities needed to improve aid coordination. She also analyzes the aid fungibility problem in an incomplete information setting and finds that incomplete information reduces the fungibility problem. On the other hand, incomplete information introduces coordination failure and the allocation can be inferior for both the recipient and the donor.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/3585322/coordination-failure-foreign-aid
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3223
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14305
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No.3223
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectFOREIGN AID
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT AID
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECTOR
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectDONORS
dc.subjectECONOMIC SECTORS
dc.subjectBUDGET MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFUNGIBILITY DISEASES
dc.subjectDONATIONS
dc.subjectDONOR COUNTRY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectFOREIGN AID
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectHEALTH SECTOR
dc.subjectHUNGER
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINFORMATION PROBLEMS
dc.subjectMALARIA
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectPARTNERSHIP
dc.subjectPRIVATE INFORMATION
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOODS
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectUTILITY FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectNGO
dc.subjectNON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
dc.titleCoordination Failure in Foreign Aiden
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/3585322/coordination-failure-foreign-aid
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid831971468762915890
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3223
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000009486_20040521170827
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum3585322
okr.identifier.reportWPS3223
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Adjustment and Lending
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicAgricultural Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topicHealth Economics and Finance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicHealth
okr.topicNutrition and Population
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
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