Foreign Assistance: What Works and What Doesn't with Recommendations for Future Improvements

摘要

The importance of attempting to determine what characterizes development assistance success is not simply a matter of improving technical performance. It is also a matter of public trust. The foreign assistance dollar is a public dollar, and hence holds a public trust and must have public support. Demonstrating to the public that the expenditure of foreign assistance dollars has positive impact, and that it leads to the successes promised, is essential to earn and keep that trust.