Navigation by Judgment: Why and When Top Down Management of Foreign Aid Doesn't Work

In this Audiobook

• 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
• 5. How to Know What Works Better, When: Data, Methods, and Empirical Operationalization
• 6. Journey without Maps: Environmental Unpredictability and Navigation Strategy
• 7. Tailoring Management to Suit the Task: Project Verifiability and Navigation Strategy
• 8. Delegation and Control Revisited
• 9. Conclusion: Implications for the Aid Industry and Beyond