Comments on: Why Doesn’t Aid Work?* http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/ Big Ideas for a Better World Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:01:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: | essaywork.info http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-112000 | essaywork.info Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:40:24 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-112000 [...] Cato Unbound ” Blog Archive ” Why Doesn’t Aid Work?* Of course, feedback only works if somebody listens. … month’s lead essay at Cato Unbound, Why Aid Doesn’t Work,’ William Easterly … [...] [...] Cato Unbound ” Blog Archive ” Why Doesn’t Aid Work?* Of course, feedback only works if somebody listens. … month’s lead essay at Cato Unbound, Why Aid Doesn’t Work,’ William Easterly … [...]

]]> By: Firewood collecting women and poverty (dgAlert / Cato unbound) « Desertification http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-59157 Firewood collecting women and poverty (dgAlert / Cato unbound) « Desertification Tue, 01 May 2007 11:10:49 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-59157 [...] http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work [...] [...] http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work [...]

]]> By: CIPE Development Blog » Aid and Governance http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-1987 CIPE Development Blog » Aid and Governance Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:27:31 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-1987 [...] It is not the first effort to tie aid to performance.  Such is the idea behind the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), for example (wondering how that process is working out?  then check out the MCA Monitor Blog).  I don’t think many would reject that idea of incentives-based aid programs - even one of the biggest critics of aid, Bill Easterly, does not advocate for the complete abandonment of it, rather he supports effective evaluation of how and where aid money is distributed.  The two key elements necessary to make aid work, and the absence of which has been fatal to aid’s effectiveness in the past, are FEEDBACK and ACCOUNTABILITY. The needs of the rich get met through feedback and accountability. Consumers tell the firm “this product is worth the price” by buying the product, or decide the product is worthless and return it to the store. Voters tell their elected representatives that “these public services are bad” and the politician tries to fix the problem.   [...] [...] It is not the first effort to tie aid to performance.  Such is the idea behind the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), for example (wondering how that process is working out?  then check out the MCA Monitor Blog).  I don’t think many would reject that idea of incentives-based aid programs - even one of the biggest critics of aid, Bill Easterly, does not advocate for the complete abandonment of it, rather he supports effective evaluation of how and where aid money is distributed.  The two key elements necessary to make aid work, and the absence of which has been fatal to aid’s effectiveness in the past, are FEEDBACK and ACCOUNTABILITY. The needs of the rich get met through feedback and accountability. Consumers tell the firm “this product is worth the price” by buying the product, or decide the product is worthless and return it to the store. Voters tell their elected representatives that “these public services are bad” and the politician tries to fix the problem.   [...]

]]> By: Man in the Middle http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-1691 Man in the Middle Mon, 19 Jun 2006 03:17:19 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-1691 <strong>Why Government Aid Doesn't</strong> Programs funded by governments to help those in real need somehow almost always end up not achieving stated goals, no matter how long they continue and no matter how much is spent in the attempt. According to William Easterly, this is the result of too... Why Government Aid Doesn’t

Programs funded by governments to help those in real need somehow almost always end up not achieving stated goals, no matter how long they continue and no matter how much is spent in the attempt. According to William Easterly, this is the result of too…

]]> By: Comment is free http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-274 Comment is free Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:49:18 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-274 <strong>The next foreign aid failure</strong> Gordon Brown is promising £8.5bn to fund schooling in developing countries. If only it would work. The next foreign aid failure

Gordon Brown is promising £8.5bn to fund schooling in developing countries. If only it would work.

]]> By: Guttaspeak http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-273 Guttaspeak Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:16:54 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-273 <strong>Fixing Aid</strong> "Does foreign aid work, or should we stop wasting money?"  At times, this has been an unfruitful avenue of debate.  At Cato Unbound, William Easterly contributes in a far more constructuive way (despite the name of his article: &quo... Fixing Aid

"Does foreign aid work, or should we stop wasting money?"  At times, this has been an unfruitful avenue of debate.  At Cato Unbound, William Easterly contributes in a far more constructuive way (despite the name of his article: &quo…

]]> By: PSD Blog - The World Bank Group - Private Sector Development http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-269 PSD Blog - The World Bank Group - Private Sector Development Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:44:52 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-269 <strong>Why doesn't aid work?</strong> Not enough feedback and accountability, according to Bill Easterly in this CATO-hosted excerpt from his new book. Branko Milanovic, Deepak Lal and Steve Radelet offer their reactions to Easterly's ideas. Why doesn’t aid work?

Not enough feedback and accountability, according to Bill Easterly in this CATO-hosted excerpt from his new book. Branko Milanovic, Deepak Lal and Steve Radelet offer their reactions to Easterly’s ideas.

]]> By: Daniel W. Drezner http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-267 Daniel W. Drezner Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:41:15 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-267 <strong>Trade, development... and free ponies!!</strong> The latest Cato Unbound features New York University's William Easterly, author of The White Man's Burden, on "Why Doesn't Aid Work?" There will also be reaction essays from the World Bank's Branko Milanovic, Deepak Lal of UCLA, and the Center... Trade, development… and free ponies!!

The latest Cato Unbound features New York University’s William Easterly, author of The White Man’s Burden, on “Why Doesn’t Aid Work?” There will also be reaction essays from the World Bank’s Branko Milanovic, Deepak Lal of UCLA, and the Center…

]]> By: Fractals of Change http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-266 Fractals of Change Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:42:39 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-266 <strong>Instead of Foreign Aid</strong> A lead essay on Cato Unbound by William Easterly correctly diagnoses the tragic failure of foreign aid programs and then, in my view, prescribes exactly the wrong remedy: another bureaucracy. However, looking at the economic success of India and China ... Instead of Foreign Aid

A lead essay on Cato Unbound by William Easterly correctly diagnoses the tragic failure of foreign aid programs and then, in my view, prescribes exactly the wrong remedy: another bureaucracy. However, looking at the economic success of India and China …

]]> By: humanitarian.info http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-264 humanitarian.info Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:30:13 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-264 <strong>William Easterley versus the World (Bank)</strong> This week the Cato Institute (Full disclosure: I don’t share their politics, but draw your own conclusions) is running a series of articles entitled What Can Foreign Aid Do For the World’s Poor? The series is spearheaded by William Easterly, a... William Easterley versus the World (Bank)

This week the Cato Institute (Full disclosure: I don’t share their politics, but draw your own conclusions) is running a series of articles entitled What Can Foreign Aid Do For the World’s Poor? The series is spearheaded by William Easterly, a…

]]> By: Discovering Potential » Blog Archive » links for 2006-04-06 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-262 Discovering Potential » Blog Archive » links for 2006-04-06 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:18:48 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-262 [...] Why Doesn’t Aid Work? No one aid agent is individually responsible for successfully achieving any one task in the current aid system. Without accountability, then the incentive for finding out what works is weak. (tags: motivation contribution attribution verification investigation evaluation incentivisation) [...] [...] Why Doesn’t Aid Work? No one aid agent is individually responsible for successfully achieving any one task in the current aid system. Without accountability, then the incentive for finding out what works is weak. (tags: motivation contribution attribution verification investigation evaluation incentivisation) [...]

]]> By: CalcaMutin http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-261 CalcaMutin Wed, 05 Apr 2006 03:20:57 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-261 <strong></strong> Dove vanno a finire i nostri soldi?Questa domanda che ci si pone spesso mi lascia pero' abbastanza indifferente. Addirittura nei dibattiti etici c'e' chi propone di non finanziare l'aborto con i soldi dei contribuenti. Anche qui in USA non scherzan...

Dove vanno a finire i nostri soldi?Questa domanda che ci si pone spesso mi lascia pero’ abbastanza indifferente. Addirittura nei dibattiti etici c’e’ chi propone di non finanziare l’aborto con i soldi dei contribuenti. Anche qui in USA non scherzan…

]]> By: Shoot the Ones » Archives » Aid Doesn’t Work … Yet http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-260 Shoot the Ones » Archives » Aid Doesn’t Work … Yet Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:55:02 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-260 [...] Fellow NYU’er–he a professor, myself a lowly graduating senior–provides a very useful summary of the downfalls of foreign aid. The West’s efforts to aid the Rest have been even less successful at goals such as promoting rapid economic growth, changes in government economic policy to facilitate markets, or promotion of honest and democratic government. The evidence is stark: $568 billion spent on aid to Africa, and yet the typical African country no richer today than 40 years ago. Dozens of “structural adjustment” loans (aid loans conditional on policy reforms) made to Africa, the former Soviet Union, and Latin America, only to see the failure of both policy reform and economic growth. The evidence suggests that aid results in less democratic and honest government, not more. Yet, unchastened by this experience, we still have such absurdities as the grandiose plans by Jeffrey Sachs and the United Nations to do 449 separate interventions to reach 54 separate goals by the year 2015 (the Millennium Development Goals), accompanied by urgent pleas to double aid money. [...] [...] Fellow NYU’er–he a professor, myself a lowly graduating senior–provides a very useful summary of the downfalls of foreign aid. The West’s efforts to aid the Rest have been even less successful at goals such as promoting rapid economic growth, changes in government economic policy to facilitate markets, or promotion of honest and democratic government. The evidence is stark: $568 billion spent on aid to Africa, and yet the typical African country no richer today than 40 years ago. Dozens of “structural adjustment” loans (aid loans conditional on policy reforms) made to Africa, the former Soviet Union, and Latin America, only to see the failure of both policy reform and economic growth. The evidence suggests that aid results in less democratic and honest government, not more. Yet, unchastened by this experience, we still have such absurdities as the grandiose plans by Jeffrey Sachs and the United Nations to do 449 separate interventions to reach 54 separate goals by the year 2015 (the Millennium Development Goals), accompanied by urgent pleas to double aid money. [...]

]]> By: Gibbie's Bioscience World http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-258 Gibbie's Bioscience World Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:35:38 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-258 <strong>Why doesn't foreign aid work?</strong> William Easterly explores what has happened to the billions of dollars spend in foreign aid to the poorest countries. His thuoghts are similiar to my own, and b... Why doesn’t foreign aid work?

William Easterly explores what has happened to the billions of dollars spend in foreign aid to the poorest countries. His thuoghts are similiar to my own, and b…

]]> By: Samizdata.net http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-257 Samizdata.net Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:39:43 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-257 <strong>Why aid still won't work</strong> In this month's lead essay at Cato Unbound, 'Why Aid Doesn't Work,' William Easterly makes a rational case for directing international aid dollars toward programs where the results can be objectively measured by hard scientific methods. He's persu... Why aid still won’t work

In this month’s lead essay at Cato Unbound, ‘Why Aid Doesn’t Work,’ William Easterly makes a rational case for directing international aid dollars toward programs where the results can be objectively measured by hard scientific methods. He’s persu…

]]> By: Fey Accompli » economic aid v. organic growth http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-256 Fey Accompli » economic aid v. organic growth Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:32:34 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/04/03/william-easterly/why-doesnt-aid-work/#comment-256 [...] Over at Cato Unbound, William Easterly clearly and devastatingly answers the question - why doesn’t aid work? Economic development happens, not through aid, but through the homegrown efforts of entrepreneurs and social and political reformers. While the West was agonizing over a few tens of billion dollars in aid, the citizens of India and China raised their own incomes by $715 billion by their own efforts in free markets. Once aid agencies realize that aid CANNOT achieve general economic and political development, they could start concentrating on fixing the system that fails to get 12-cent medicines to malaria victims. [...] [...] Over at Cato Unbound, William Easterly clearly and devastatingly answers the question - why doesn’t aid work? Economic development happens, not through aid, but through the homegrown efforts of entrepreneurs and social and political reformers. While the West was agonizing over a few tens of billion dollars in aid, the citizens of India and China raised their own incomes by $715 billion by their own efforts in free markets. Once aid agencies realize that aid CANNOT achieve general economic and political development, they could start concentrating on fixing the system that fails to get 12-cent medicines to malaria victims. [...]

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