A Farewell to Policy Conditionality?

The idea of local "ownership" of development policies is now popular among the donor community, but without a reduction of conditionality on aid disbursements, enhanced ownership will be difficult to achieve. While there are still strong reasons for attaching certain kinds of conditionalit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mold, Andrew
Other Authors: Zimmermann, Felix
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2008
Series:OECD Development Centre Policy Insights
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The idea of local "ownership" of development policies is now popular among the donor community, but without a reduction of conditionality on aid disbursements, enhanced ownership will be difficult to achieve. While there are still strong reasons for attaching certain kinds of conditionality to aid, policy conditionality has been shown to be largely ineffective and often counterproductive. Donors insisting on policy conditions may in any case soon find themselves sidelined, as developing countries find alternative official and private sources of finance with fewer strings attached
Physical Description:2 p. 21 x 29.7cm