Aid, Institutions and Governance: What Have We Learned?

  1. David Booth

Article first published online: 3 DEC 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2011.00518.x

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Development Policy Review

Development Policy Review

Special Issue: Aid, Institutions and Governance: What Have We Learned?

Volume 29, Issue Supplement s1, pages s5–s26, January 2011

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Booth, D. (2011), Aid, Institutions and Governance: What Have We Learned?. Development Policy Review, 29: s5–s26. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2011.00518.x

Author Information

  1. Research Fellow, Politics and Governance, and Director, Africa Power and Politics Programme, Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD (d.booth@odi.org.uk).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 DEC 2010
  2. Article first published online: 3 DEC 2010
  3. first submitted September 2010final revision accepted October 2010

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Keywords:

  • Institutions;
  • governance;
  • policy;
  • aid;
  • Africa

Understanding of the relationship between institutions and economic progress made major headway in the 1990s. Since 2000 the pace of intellectual advance has been stepped up, with fresh thinking especially on governance systems and the role of aid. This article illustrates these propositions with special reference to relevant contributions to DPR over the period. Three particular topics are addressed: the rise and transformation of institutional theory; aid, governance and ‘country ownership’; and the terms on which donors can contribute to the facilitation of institutional change. The article introduces a theme issue which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Overseas Development Institute by reprinting nine of the highlighted DPR articles.

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