2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2012.00577.x
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Foreign Aid Transaction Costs: What Are They and When Are They Minimised?

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“…Data on the implementation of the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness are collected by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 18 but do not capture the full range of aid-effectiveness activities, are not disaggregated by sector and do not permit assessment of why certain aid effectiveness principles are adopted by some countries but resisted by others. It has been suggested that donors and recipients may resist aid coordination because it may weaken the recipient government’s negotiating position, 4 , 6 , 7 increase aid volatility 19 or impose new costs 6 , 10 , 20 …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Data on the implementation of the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness are collected by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 18 but do not capture the full range of aid-effectiveness activities, are not disaggregated by sector and do not permit assessment of why certain aid effectiveness principles are adopted by some countries but resisted by others. It has been suggested that donors and recipients may resist aid coordination because it may weaken the recipient government’s negotiating position, 4 , 6 , 7 increase aid volatility 19 or impose new costs 6 , 10 , 20 …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Yet, the common view that PA leads to higher transaction costs is debatable. In fact, Paul and Vandeninden (2012) developed a theoretical framework that shows that the minimisation of the transaction costs does not depend on the modality itself but rather on the different characteristics of the aid transaction. Another recent paper (Hermano and Martín-Cruz, 2013) evaluates the transaction costs of approximately 100 aid transactions carried out by the Spanish government via BS and PA and also concludes that the characteristics of the transaction matter (for example, complexity, uncertainty, asset specificity).…”
Section: Notesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…39 Indeed, the health sector in Mali has been performing well over the past decade as most indicators of outputs and outcomes have progressed. 40 According to WHO and UNICEF estimates, the maternal mortality ratio has …”
Section: Level 3 Assessment: Outcomes/impactmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…MoH's financial department -which has been identified as a major factor impeding the implementation of planned activities. 36,37 As a result, transaction costs (even if difficult to measure) 39 were not perceived by interviewed stakeholders as decreasing. 33 …”
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confidence: 99%