Reinventing Foreign AidWilliam Easterly Discusses how to improve the effectiveness of foreign aid, proposing practical solutions to specific problems rather than a utopian master plan. This work also includes writers who look at scientific evaluation of aid projects and describe projects found to be cost-effective, including vaccine delivery and HIV education. |
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Making Aid Work | 47 |
Use of Randomization in the Evaluation of Development | 93 |
A Simple Political Economy of Rigorous | 120 |
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Reinventing Foreign Aid William Russell Easterly,Senior Associate Nancy Birdsall No preview available - 2008 |
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