In Giving Aid Effectively, Mark T. Buntaine argues that countries that are members of international organizations have prompted multilateral development banks to give development and environmental aid more effectively by generating better information about performance. To reach this conclusion, he employs a systematic analysis of responses to evaluations and in-depth case studies about the use of information at multilateral development banks.

Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 The Problem of Performance; 2 The Politics of Aid Effectiveness; 3 Addressing the Problem of Performance; 4 Administrative Procedures: Avoiding Delays with Environmentally Risky Projects; 5 Accountability Mechanisms: Civil Society Claims for Environmental Performance; 6 Project Evaluations: Learning What Works; 7 Strategic Planning: Integrating Evaluation into High-Level Decision-Making; 8 Conclusions and Implications; Appendix I Data Collection Procedures; Appendix II A Brief History of Evaluation at the Multilateral Development Banks; Notes; References; Index