Development Aid

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Development Aid: Expectations, Effectiveness and Allocation

   • George Mavrotas, Mark McGillivray

   Pages 1-14

3. Decentralizing Aid with Interested Parties

   • Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

   Pages 15-25

4. Blind Spots on the Map of Aid Allocations: Concentration and Complementarity of International NGO Aid

   • Dirk-Jan Koch

   Pages 26-57

5. On the Volatility and Unpredictability of Aid

   • David Fielding, George Mavrotas

   Pages 58-78

6. Aid Project Proliferation and Absorptive Capacity

   • David Roodman

   Pages 79-113

7. Aid Allocation and Aid Effectiveness: An Empirical Analysis

   • Alessia Isopi, George Mavrotas

   Pages 114-157

8. The Fiscal Effects of Aid in Developing Countries: A Comparative Dynamic Analysis

   • Tim Lloyd, Mark McGillivray, Oliver Morrissey, Maxwell Opoku-Afari

   Pages 158-179

9. Development Effectiveness: An Evaluation Perspective

   • Robert Picciotto

   Pages 180-210

10. Evaluating Aid Impact

    • Howard White

    Pages 211-231

11. Back Matter

    Pages 233-260

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This book addresses several gaps in knowledge of aid allocation and effectiveness and provides new analytical insights. Topics covered include the interface between aid allocation and perceptions of aid effectiveness, the year-on-year volatility of aid and evaluation of the country-level impacts of aid.

• complementarity
• Developing Countries
• development
• evaluation
• Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
• volatility
• development policy

GIL S. EPSTEIN Professor of Economics, Bar-Ilan University, Israel DAVID FIELDING Professor of Economics, University of Otago, New Zealand IRA N. GANG Professor of Economics, Rutgers University, USA ALESSIA ISOPI Marie Curie Intra European Research Fellow, University of Nottingham, UK DIRK-JAN KOCH Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs; External PhD Candidate, Centre for International Development Issues, Radboud University, The Netherlands TIM LLOYD Associate Professor, School of Economics and Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT), University of Nottingham, UK OLIVER MORRISSEY Professor of Development Economics and Director, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT), University of Nottingham, UK MAXWELL OPAKU-AFARI Head, Special Studies Unit, Research Department, Bank of Ghana, Ghana ROBERT PICCIOTTO Visiting Professor, Kings College, London, UK DAVID ROODMAN Research Fellow, Center for Global Development, Washington DC, USA HOWARD WHITE Executive Director, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation

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