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Mar 2018
1h 12m

Assessing Effectiveness of Aid Implement...

CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE
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In his new book, "Navigation by Judgment: Why and When Top-Down Control of Foreign Aid Doesn’t Work," Dan Honig presents an empirically grounded argument for the value of implementation led by the judgment of field staff, particularly when tasks are difficult to measure and country environments are unpredictable. In this roundtable discussion, Honig will pre ... Show More
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