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

by Feinstein,Osvaldo N.

• ISBN13: 9780765809742
• ISBN10: 0765809745
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781351323901
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• 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	vii
Foreword	ix
Robert Picciotto
Overview	xi
Gregory K. Ingram
Part 1: Foundations of Partnerships and Their Evaluation
1. Partnership as a Means to Improve Economic Performance	3	(6)
Douglass C. North
2. Theoretical Foundations of Partnership	9	(12)
Robert Axelrod
3. Foundations of Partnerships: A Practitioner's Perspective	21	(8)
Margaret Catley-Carlson
4. Evaluating Partnerships	29	(14)
Elliot Stern
5. Evaluation of, for, and through Partnerships	43	(16)
Robert Klitgaard
6. The Logic of Partnership	59	(12)
Robert Picciotto
Part 2: Partnerships In Practice
7. Partnership, Mutual Accountability, and Evaluation	71
Jean-Claude Faure
Different Perspectives and Types of Development Partnership
8. Global Public Policy Partnerships	75	(1)
Inge Kaul and Grace Ryu
9. Regional Partnerships in the European Union	89	(1)
Anastassios Bougas
10. Country-Focused Partnerships-Lessons from Experience	101	(6)
Kwesi Botchwey
11. Country and Donor Partnerships	107	(6)
Stuart Salter
12. Partnerships for Knowledge Creation	113	(8)
Laurence Prusak and Salvatore Parise
Critical Issues
13. Partnerships: The Critical Role of the State	121	(8)
Jorge Braga de Macedo
14. Challenges for Governance in Partnerships for Delivering Services	129	(12)
Maria Barrados
Case Studies
15. Partnership for Poverty Reduction: Action Aid Ethiopia	141	(8)
Akalu P. Tumebo
16. Research Partnerships and Their Evaluation	149	(12)
Diane L. Stone
17. Tactical Partnerships-A Philippine Case Study	161	(10)
Sandra M. Libunao
18. Local Governments and Community-Based Partnerships	171	(12)
Nicoletta Stame
19. Partnerships for Integrated Community Development in Southern Africa	183	(10)
Vuyo Mahlati and Mandivamba Rukuni
20. Partnerships for Community Development-World Vision	193	(8)
Frank G. Cookingham
21. Partnerships between International Organizations and Private Foundations	201	(12)
Melinda Kimble
22. Partnerships among Business, Government, and NGOs: Lessons from the South African National Business Initiative	213	(8)
Theuns Eloff
Index	221