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Tournament approaches to policy reform : making development assistance more effective / Clifford F. Zinnes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zinnes, Clifford F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic assistance, American.
- Technical assistance, American.
- Letting of contracts--United States.
- Letting of contracts.
- Requests for proposals (Public contracts)--United States.
- Requests for proposals (Public contracts).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (393 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Assesses a new 'tournament' approach promising improvement on the performance of conventional foreign aid methods, where beneficiary groups compete to achieve the best implementation of a particular project. Evaluates performances, sustainability, time frames, and costs of recent applications. Discusses opportunities for improving and scaling up the application of tournament-based projects"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The PIJC approach
- Review of certification experience
- Review of tournament experience
- Review of other relevant experience
- Synthesis and analysis
- Conclusions and scope for future applications
- Appendixes
- A. Inventory of projects
- B. Technical exhibits for the detailed case study assessments
- C. Anatomy of a PIJC application
- D. Mathematical treatment of PIJC leveraging of sponsor funds.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612403583
- 9781282403581
- 1282403583
- 9780815703778
- 0815703775
- OCLC:
- 609850711
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