Do donors get what they paid for? : micro evidence on the fungibility of development project aid / / Dominique van de Walle, Dorothyjean Cratty.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Van de Walle, Dominique.

Contributor:

World Bank.

Cratty, Dorothyjean

Series:

Policy research working papers ; 3542.

World Bank e-Library.

Policy research working paper ; 3542

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development--Vietnam.

Community development.

Economic development projects--Vietnam.

Economic development projects.

Rural roads--Vietnam.

Rural roads.

World Bank--Vietnam.

World Bank.

Other Title:

Do donors get what they paid for?

Policy research working paper vol. 3542

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2005]

System Details:

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Summary:

"Recipient government responses to development project aid have typically been studied at high levels of aggregation, using cross-country comparisons and/or aggregate time series data. Yet increasingly the relevant decisions are being made at the local level, in response to specific community-level projects. The authors use local-level data to test for fungibility of World Bank financing of rural road rehabilitation targeted to specific geographic areas of Vietnam. A simple double difference estimate suggests that the project's net contribution to rehabilitated road increments is close to zero, suggesting complete displacement of funding. However, with better controls for the endogeneity of project placement the authors find much less evidence of fungibility, with displacement accounting for around one-third of the aid. The results point to the importance of dealing with selection bias in assessing project aid fungibility. "--World Bank web site.

Notes:

Title from PDF file as viewed on 4/6/2005.

Includes bibliographical references.

Publisher Number:

10.1596/1813-9450-3542