| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Half title; Navigation by Judgment; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; Part I The What, Why, and When of Navigation by Judgment; 1. Introduction: The Management of Foreign Aid; 2. When to Let Go: The Costs and Benefits of Navigation by Judgment; 3. Agents: Who Does the Judging?; 4. Authorizing Environments and the Perils of Legitimacy Seeking; Part II How Does Navigation by Judgment Fare in Practice?; 5. How to Know What Works Better, When: Data, Methods, and Empirical Operationalization |
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6. Journey without Maps:Â Environmental Unpredictability and Navigation Strategy7. Tailoring Management to Suit the Task:Â Project Verifiability and Navigation Strategy; Part III Implications; 8. Delegation and Control Revisited; 9. Conclusion:Â Implications for the Aid Industry and Beyond; Appendix I. Data Collection; Appendix II. Additional Econometric Analysis; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
High-quality implementation of foreign aid interventions sometimes requires employee use of contextual information that will be precluded by tight management control. Drawing from over 130 interviews and statistical analysis of a novel database of over 14,000 discrete development projects, Honig finds that top-down controls sometimes undermine development project success |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Economic assistance -- Developing countries
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Economic development projects -- Developing countries -- Management
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Economic assistance
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Economic development projects -- Management
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Developing countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190672461 |
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0190672463 |
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9780190672485 |
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019067248X |
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