What Determines Evaluation Outcomes? Evidence from Bi- and Multilateral Development Cooperation

Arbeitspapier

Donor agencies invest considerable financial and human resources to evaluate the outcome of their development activities. To derive institutional conditions conducive to an efficient use of these resources, we develop a multi-level principal-agent model focusing on the various interests of the different actors involved in the evaluation process. The model highlights two central problems: (i) the aid agencies' conflicting objectives of transparency and self-legitimization, and (ii) the potential collusion between the evaluator and the project manager. Empirical evidence for the World Bank and different German donor agencies reveals concrete institutional requirements for a reduced evaluation bias and increased transparency.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: HWWA Discussion Paper ; No. 310

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption ; Foreign Aid ; Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate
• Thema: Development cooperation ; evaluation ; political economy ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Entwicklungsorganisation ; Entwicklungsprojekt ; Projektbewertung

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Michaelowa, Katharina ; Borrmann, Axel
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA)
• (wo): Hamburg
• (wann): 2004

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19282
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 20.09.2024, 08:21 MESZ