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1 online resource (xxi, 359 pages) : illustrations, map |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Measuring effectiveness in development and humanitarian assistance : an overview / André M.N. Renzaho -- Effectiveness : a contribution from Australian non-government organizations / Linda Kelly -- Defining and refining effectiveness : applying narrative and dialogue methods in aid monitoring and evaluation / Juliet Willetts, Helen Cheney and Paul Crawford -- Modelling the impacts and effectiveness of aid / Brett Parris -- Measuring the effectiveness of HIV prevention / Bruce Parnell -- What journalists want : 'selling' humanitarian emergencies to the media / Tim Large -- The challenge of attribution in evaluating HIV prevention programs : linking inputs to outcomes within a multisectoral response / Mike Toole -- Reviewing the evidence for primary health care effectiveness : critical to improving local health systems and community health / Chris Morgan and Michelle Kermode -- Raising the funds, spending the funds : a case study of the effectiveness of both roles of NGOs / Matthew Clarke -- Effectiveness of food aid programs in response to the food crises in Southern Africa : achievements, challenges and lessons learned from Lesotho / André M.N. Renzaho -- Understanding the HIV and AIDS-food insecurity viciouos cycle : implication for policy and program planning / Danielle Pedi and André M.N. Renzaho -- Good practice in microfinance : the challenge of a poverty focus in an evolving industry / Jamie Bedson and André M.N. Renzaho -- Ethical considerations in humanitarian and development aid : what have we learnt over the last 20 years? Bebe Loff [and others] -- Unpacking the brain drain in Sub-Sahara Africa through public health lenses : implications for development aid / André M.N. Renzaho -- Toward achieving cultural competence in development aid : exploring challenges for public health practitioners and putting a framework forward / André M.N. Renzaho -- Shifting the tipping point on achieving realistic outcome parameters for humanitarian and development aid / Evelyne de Leeuw and Andrew McNess. |
| Summary |
Donor countries are currently scaling up their aid programmes in response to strategies proposed through the Millennium Development Goals. Recent positive research on the impact of foreign development aid has led to increased expectations on the part of donor countries. Research suggests that per capita income growth over the last decade would have been lower in the absence of aid, and also that public sector expenditure on health and education in developing countries would not have been as great without aid inflows. However, there still remain many significant gaps in knowledge on aid allocation and effectiveness. This book addresses a number of these gaps, and provides many new and important analytical insights into aid. Among the topics covered are the interface between aid allocation and perceptions of aid effectiveness, the inter-recipient concentration of aid from non-government organizations, the year-on-year volatility of aid, impacts of aid on public sector fiscal aggregates, and evaluation of the country-level impacts of aid. The book is an essential companion for professionals engaged in aid policy reforms and also for scholars in the areas of development economics, international finance and economics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Humanitarian assistance -- Evaluation.
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Humanitarian assistance. |
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Evaluation. |
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Economic assistance -- Evaluation.
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Economic assistance -- Evaluation. |
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International relief -- Evaluation.
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International relief -- Evaluation. |
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International relief. |
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Medical assistance -- International cooperation -- Evaluation.
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Medical assistance -- International cooperation. |
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Medical assistance. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Renzaho, Andre M. N., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Measuring effectiveness in humanitarian and development aid. New York : Nova Science Pub., ©2007 9781600219597 1600219594 (DLC) 2007032049 (OCoLC)163593998 |
| ISBN |
9781606926925 (electronic book) |
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1606926926 (electronic book) |
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9781600219597 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1600219594 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780230595163 |
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0230595162 |
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9780230221697 |
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0230221696 |
| Standard No. |
10.1057/9780230595163 |
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