%0 Journal Article %1 winters_accountability_2010 %A Winters, Matthew S. %D 2010 %J International Studies Review %K ADMINISTRATIVE ECONOMIC INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY accountability, agencies, assistance, economic relations, relief, %P 218--243 %R Article %T Accountability, Participation and Foreign Aid Effectiveness %U http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=51248552&site=ehost-live %V 12 %X Foreign aid involves a chain of accountability relationships stretching from international donors through national governments and implementing agencies to a set of ultimate end users of the goods and services financed by the aid. In this paper, I review five different accountability relationships that exist in foreign aid projects among donors, governments, implementing agencies and end users. Then I summarize existing empirical evidence demonstrating that foreign aid functions better—both at the macro-level of aid flows and at the micro-level of individual aid projects—when there is more government and implementing agency accountability. Specifying several mechanisms that facilitate accountability, I emphasize that participation is a tool often used to produce accountability within aid projects. However, in terms of donor accountability to aid-receiving countries and the end users in them, recent pushes for increased participation have not resulted in more accountability in the design of aid programs. Ultimately, although enthusiasm for participatory models of aid design and delivery is warranted, participation is not a panacea for all the accountability problems in foreign aid programs. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR Copyright of International Studies Review is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

@article{winters_accountability_2010, abstract = {Foreign aid involves a chain of accountability relationships stretching from international donors through national governments and implementing agencies to a set of ultimate end users of the goods and services financed by the aid. In this paper, I review five different accountability relationships that exist in foreign aid projects among donors, governments, implementing agencies and end users. Then I summarize existing empirical evidence demonstrating that foreign aid functions better—both at the macro-level of aid flows and at the micro-level of individual aid projects—when there is more government and implementing agency accountability. Specifying several mechanisms that facilitate accountability, I emphasize that participation is a tool often used to produce accountability within aid projects. However, in terms of donor accountability to aid-receiving countries and the end users in them, recent pushes for increased participation have not resulted in more accountability in the design of aid programs. Ultimately, although enthusiasm for participatory models of aid design and delivery is warranted, participation is not a panacea for all the accountability problems in foreign aid programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of International Studies Review is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)}, added-at = {2018-06-19T15:18:45.000+0200}, author = {Winters, Matthew S.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d9b532fff26a11db4954dcb3ba9f80a6/prophe}, doi = {Article}, interhash = {c7543c79dab78112a798a9e850f1ecb0}, intrahash = {d9b532fff26a11db4954dcb3ba9f80a6}, issn = {15219488}, journal = {International Studies Review}, keywords = {ADMINISTRATIVE ECONOMIC INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY accountability, agencies, assistance, economic relations, relief,}, pages = {218--243}, shorttitle = {Accountability, {Participation} and {Foreign} {Aid} {Effectiveness}}, timestamp = {2018-06-19T15:18:45.000+0200}, title = {Accountability, {Participation} and {Foreign} {Aid} {Effectiveness}}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=51248552&site=ehost-live}, volume = 12, year = 2010 }