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Tournament approaches to policy reform : making development assistance more effective /

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"Assesses a new 'tournament' approach promising improvement on the performance of conventional foreign aid methods, where beneficiary groups compete to achieve the best implementation of a particular project. Evaluates performances, sustainability, time frames, and costs of recent app...

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Main Author: Zinnes, Clifford F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Requests for proposals (Public contracts) > United States.
Letting of contracts > United States.
Technical assistance, American.
Economic assistance, American.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The PIJC approach
  • Review of certification experience
  • Review of tournament experience
  • Review of other relevant experience
  • Synthesis and analysis
  • Conclusions and scope for future applications
  • Appendixes
  • A. Inventory of projects
  • B. Technical exhibits for the detailed case study assessments
  • C. Anatomy of a PIJC application
  • D. Mathematical treatment of PIJC leveraging of sponsor funds.