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Does Results-Based Aid Change Anything?
Rita Perakis
and
William Savedoff
February 18, 2015
All the hype (and criticism) over foreign aid programs that pay for results got us wondering: how are these programs being implemented and are they effective? 
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Does Results-Based Aid Change Anything? Pecuniary Interests, Attention, Accountability and Discretion in Four Case Studies
Rita Perakis
and
William Savedoff
February 06, 2015
Results-based aid (RBA) is a form of foreign assistance in which one government disburses funds to another for achieving an outcome. This paper distinguishes four different theories used to justify RBA programs and analyzes four case studies – from GAVI, the Amazon Fund, Ethiopian Secondary Ed...
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Taking Stock of the DIB Market

Rita Perakis
and
Catalina Geib
January 22, 2015
Amid rising interest in social impact investment, a growing number of social impact bonds, and a persistent interest in how the private sector can be best engaged in addressing global development challenges, Development Impact Bonds (DIBs) have been attracting a lot of attention....
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A US Development Policy Wish List for 2015

Erin Collinson
and
Beth Schwanke
December 30, 2014