Evaluation and Development: The Partnership Dimension World Bank Series on Evaluation and Development

by Feinstein,Osvaldo N.

• ISBN13: 9780765801715
• ISBN10: 076580171X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781351323901
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Partnership is of growing importance in development work. Partnerships among state, private business, and civil society organizations are increasingly used to deliver the goods and services required for balanced growth and poverty reduction. Aid activities have shifted from a project focus to a more strategic and holistic focus on programs, sectors, and policies. With this new orientation, partnerships are often essential to deal with the added complexity and the larger number of agencies, groups, and stakeholders involved. The Partnership Dimension takes on the issues in a series of chapters divided into two general parts: Part 1, "Foundations of Partnership and Their Evaluation, " covers the types of development partnership and critical issues involved, and Part 2, "Partnerships in Practice, " then illustrates the aspects and lessons of partnership experience through a series of case studies. Many of the studies focus on the benefits of partnerships between institutions of government and civil society. Benefits include effective knowledge transfer, greater cross-national cooperation, the creation of new networks and capacity, and pe

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Overview
Partnership as a Means to Improve Economic Performance	p. 3
Theoretical Foundations of Partnership	p. 9
Foundations of Partnerships: A Practitioner's Perspective	p. 21
Evaluating Partnerships	p. 29
Evaluation of, for, and through Partnerships	p. 43
The Logic of Partnership	p. 59
Partnership, Mutual Accountability, and Evaluation	p. 71
Global Public Policy Partnerships	p. 75
Regional Partnerships in the European Union	p. 89
Country-Focused Partnerships - Lessons from Experience	p. 101
Country and Donor Partnerships	p. 107
Partnerships for Knowledge Creation	p. 113
Partnerships: The Critical Role of the State	p. 121
Challenges for Governance in Partnerships for Delivering Services	p. 129
Partnership for Poverty Reduction: ActionAid Ethiopia	p. 141
Research Partnerships and Their Evaluation	p. 149
Tactical Partnerships - A Philippine Case Study	p. 161
Local Governments and Community-Based Partnerships	p. 171
Partnerships for Integrated Community Development in Southern Africa	p. 183
Partnerships for Community Development - World Vision	p. 193
Partnerships between International Organizations and Private Foundations	p. 201
Partnerships among Business, Government, and NGOs: Lessons From the South African National Business Initiative	p. 213
Index	p. 221
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