01881pab a2200181 454500 180718b2014 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Gisselquist, Rachel M. Aiding government effectiveness in developing countries 2014 p.141-148. Aug More than a decade after becoming a buzzword on the development agenda, governance remains a high priority for the international donor community. This article provides an introduction and overview of key findings from the United Nations UniversityﾗWorld Institute for Development Economics Research symposium on "Aiding Government Effectiveness in Developing Countries." This symposium moves beyond traditional debates about whether aid supports or undermines ﾓgood governanceﾔ in the aggregate to instead focus on donor interventions in two interrelated governance domains. The first domain examines donor efforts to augment government effectiveness at providing key services to citizens by national and local authorities. Three studies in the collection therefore focus on policing, regulation, and civic education. The second addresses the underlying administrative and financial institutions and processes that facilitate service delivery. Relevant papers in this regard address decentralization, civil service reform, and taxation. In assessing what we know about "what works?" and "what could work?" across these core areas of governance, the contributions shed new light on several key themes, including the dilemma of reconciling governance with ownership, the importance of identifying exactly how context and sequencing matters, and the weaknesses in existing donor evaluation methods. - Repro Public administration Resnick, Danielle Public Administration and Development N 106778 106773 106773 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 34, Issue no: 3 AR107238 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR