Productivity Innovation and Economic Performance or Beyond the Magic Bullet

Productivity, Innovation and Economic Performance

Author: Ray Barrell

Productivity and its determinants are central to economic debate. This volume examines differences in productivity among nations, and provides comprehensive discussion as to why they exist; it addresses the importance of the growth and measurement of service productivity, and studies the role of human capital in adapting to new technologies.

Contributors:
R. Barren, S. Broadberry, C. Greenhalgh, M. Gregory, M. Haynes, S. Thompson, G. Mason, B. Keltner, K. Wagner, G. Cameron, J. Proudman, S. Redding, B. H. Hall, P Stoneman, Myung-Joong Kwon, P Patel, K. Pavitt, P Geroski, I. Small, C. Walters, S. Nickell, D. Nicolitsas

Interesting textbook: Economía Directiva y Estrategia Comercial

Beyond the Magic Bullet: NGO Performance and Accountability in the Post-Cold War World

Author: David Hulm

In Beyond the Magic Bullet Michael Edwards and David Hulme compile the most comprehensive and thorough assessment that is now available of the roles, performance and accountability of nongovernmental and grassroots organizations in international development assistance. Experts review the issues of NGO participation in development, provide frameworks for assessing performance and accountability, and offer guidelines from experience for improving both. Case studies from Asia, Central and South America, and North and East Africa, written by people who have been intimately involved in NGO activities, ground the discussion in the realities and complexities of development.

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Dennis A. Rondinelli
Dennis A. Rondinelli, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Will be widely used and cited by aid practitioners, government leaders, NGO managers, and development scholars for years to come.

Table of Contents:

	Illustrations
	Preface
	Introduction: NGO Performance and Accountability	1
1	Why NGOs Are Not a Third Sector: A Sectoral Analysis with Some Thoughts on Accountability, Sustainability, and Evaluation	23
2	Negotiating Room to Maneuver: Reflections Concerning NGO Autonomy and Accountability within the New Policy Agenda	40
3	Board Games: Governance and Accountability in NGOs	53
4	Scaling Up, Mainstreaming, and Accountability: The Challenge for NGOs	67
5	European NGOs and Democratization in Central America: Assessing Performance in Light of Changing Priorities	80
6	From Accountability to Shared Responsibility: NGO Evaluation in Latin America	91
7	Accountability and Participation: A Case Study from Bombay	101
8	Strategies for Monitoring and Accountability: The Working Women's Forum Model	114
9	NGO Accountability in Bangladesh: Beneficiaries, Donors, and the State	123
10	NGOs in Bangladesh: Issues of Legitimacy and Accountability	132
11	"Return to the Roots": Processes of Legitimacy in Sudanese Migrant Associations	142
12	NGOs and Development in East Africa: A View from Below	156
13	Assessing NGO Performance: Difficulties, Dilemmas, and a Way Ahead	169
14	Painting Canadian Roses Red	187
15	Accountability and Effectiveness in NGO Policy Alliances	198
16	Participatory Methods for Increasing NGO Accountability: A Case Study from India	215
17	Transforming the Transnational NGOs: Social Auditing or Bust?	226
18	The Primacy of the Personal	241
19	Beyond the Magic Bullet? Lessons and Conclusions	254
	About the Contributors	267
	Index	273