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Sowing and Reaping : Institutional Quality and Project Outcomes in Developing Countries

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dc.contributor.authorDollar, David
dc.contributor.authorLevin, Victoria
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-22T21:10:34Z
dc.date.available2012-06-22T21:10:34Z
dc.date.issued2005-02
dc.description.abstractMuch of the academic debate on the effectiveness of foreign aid is centered on the relationship between aid and growth. Different aid-growth studies find conflicting results: aid promotes growth everywhere; aid has a zero or negative impact on growth everywhere; or the effect of aid on growth depends on recipient-specific characteristics, such as the quality of institutions and policies. Although these studies fuel an interesting debate, cross-sectional macroeconomic studies cannot be the last word on the topic of aid effectiveness. In this paper, Dollar and Levin introduce microeconomic evidence on factors conducive to the success of aid-funded projects in developing countries. The authors use the success rate of World Bank-financed projects in the 1990s, as determined by the Operations Evaluation Department, as their dependent variable. Using instrumental variables estimation, the authors find that existence of high-quality institutions in a recipient country raises the probability that aid will be used effectively. There is also some evidence that geography matters, but location in Sub-Saharan Africa is a more robust indicator of lower project success rate than tropical climate. The authors proceed to disaggregate the success rate of World Bank projects by lending instrument type and by investment sector, finding that different institutions are more important for different types of projects. The finding of a strong relationship between institutional quality and project success serves to provide further support to the hypothesis that aid effectiveness is conditional on institutions and policies of the recipient country.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5642288/sowing-reaping-institutional-quality-project-outcomes-developing-countries
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3524
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8885
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3524
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAID
dc.subjectAID ALLOCATION
dc.subjectAID FLOWS
dc.subjectCHECKLIST
dc.subjectCIVIL LIBERTIES
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ISSUES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
dc.subjectDIMINISHING RETURNS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectENDOWMENTS
dc.subjectHEALTH SECTOR
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC INVESTMENT
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectUNDERDEVELOPMENT
dc.titleSowing and Reaping : Institutional Quality and Project Outcomes in Developing Countriesen
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okr.crossref.titleSowing and Reaping: Institutional Quality and Project Outcomes in Developing Countries
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:20:44.991622Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5642288/sowing-reaping-institutional-quality-project-outcomes-developing-countries
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid573271468778801852
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3524
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000090341_20050306121837
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum5642288
okr.identifier.reportWPS3524
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicPublic Sector Development::Decentralization
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicHealth Economics and Finance
okr.topicDevelopment Economics and Aid Effectiveness
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Indicators
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume1 of 1
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