“…Despite the fact that most literature on aid coordination deals with the costs of non-coordinated aid, a second body of literature within this field focuses on the obstacles to greater levels of coordination. Works in this specific field point out to the fact that coordination is expensive, not cost-free in economic and political terms, and difficult due to the diversity of donors’ motivations, whatever they may be (Barder, 2009; Barry and Bodin, 2012; Bigsten, 2006; Delputte and Orbie, 2014; Fengler and Kharas, 2010; Hartmann, 2011; Karamakalov, 2011; Svensson, 2006; Winters, 2012). Besides recipient needs or merits, in development cooperation donors’ features, values and interests are also at play (Annen and Moers, 2012; Bourguignon and Platteau, 2015; Broberg, 2011; Fuchs et al ., 2015; Schulz, 2007; Steinwand, 2015).…”