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The Quality of Aid: Measuring Trends in Donor Performance |
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| Authors: | Howard White Lois Woestman |
| Affiliation: | quantitative applied economics in the Economics of Development programme at the Institute of Social Studies (PO Box 29776, 2502 LT The Hague, The Netherlands). His recent research has focused on aspects of development aid, and has resulted in a number of publications on this theme. researcher at the Institute of Social Studies International Services (ISSIS), PO Box 29776, 2502 LT The Hague, The Netherlands. Other areas of research have included Dutch development assistance policy, especially with reference to comparative advantages of government vs NGO, and the interface between national accounts design and gender issues. |
| Abstract: | Donor performance can be quantified in four ways: (1) by the amount of aid given; (2) the terms and conditions under which it is given; (3) the extent to which it is tied; and (4) by its allocation to recipients. The way in which each of these criteria can be used to measure donor performance is discussed. The evolution of international guidelines by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD for each performance criteria and actual donor performance in these areas are also addressed. Finally, these four aspects are brought together into a single performance indicator by means of ‘aid diamonds’. |
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