Gus Greenstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 5916429 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gus Greenstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gus |
| FAMILY NAME | Greenstein |
| SIGNATURE | GREENSTEIN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Public Administration, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs Leiden University The Hague The Netherlands |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7542-9026 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Staff (mis)allocation in public agencies
Misallocation of staff across subjurisdictions can have profound negative impacts on the performance of decentralized government agencies. Yet we lack an integrated view of the range of factors that can produce misallocation. I build a conceptual framework of the personnel (mis)allocation process through an historical study of Brazil’s federal protected areas agency, which, according to prior research, could have prevented 600–1,700 km2 of defore…
Bureaucratic Politics and Aid Allocation
We examine the impact of bureaucratic politics within the US Agency for International Development on the allocation of its development assistance. Existing studies of aid allocation have focused on donor interests, recipient needs, and recipient merit without accounting for the bureaucratic decision‐making process that helps determine these budgets. We theorize that most field‐based development officials seek to maximize their country's budgets a…
How personnel allocation affects performance
Many government agencies operate with fewer personnel than they need to perform effectively. Yet little research has explored how agencies might allocate their personnel so as to maximize performance with the personnel they have. I address this gap through a study of Brazil's federal protected areas agency, which manages the world's third largest system of conservation areas. Based on 66 interviews and econometric analyses covering 322 administra…
The Influence of Alternative Development Finance on the World Bank’s Safeguards Regime
What shapes social-environmental regulations in the World Bank? To date, scholars have emphasized the influence of nongovernmental organization activism, donor power, and various elements of the Bank’s internal culture and incentive system. This article documents a new and important source of influence: outside financing options for borrower countries. I demonstrate this influence through an in-depth study of the World Bank’s Safeguards Review an…
The Influence of Alternative Development Finance on the World Bank’s Safeguards Regime
What shapes social-environmental regulations in the World Bank? To date, scholars have emphasized the influence of nongovernmental organization activism, donor power, and various elements of the Bank’s internal culture and incentive system. This article documents a new and important source of influence: outside financing options for borrower countries. I demonstrate this influence through an in-depth study of the World Bank’s Safeguards Review an…
The Influence of Alternative Development Finance on the World Bank’s Safeguards Regime
What shapes social-environmental regulations in the World Bank? To date, scholars have emphasized the influence of nongovernmental organization activism, donor power, and various elements of the Bank’s internal culture and incentive system. This article documents a new and important source of influence: outside financing options for borrower countries. I demonstrate this influence through an in-depth study of the World Bank’s Safeguards Review an…
How personnel allocation affects performance
Many government agencies operate with fewer personnel than they need to perform effectively. Yet little research has explored how agencies might allocate their personnel so as to maximize performance with the personnel they have. I address this gap through a study of Brazil's federal protected areas agency, which manages the world's third largest system of conservation areas. Based on 66 interviews and econometric analyses covering 322 administra…
Bureaucratic Politics and Aid Allocation
We examine the impact of bureaucratic politics within the US Agency for International Development on the allocation of its development assistance. Existing studies of aid allocation have focused on donor interests, recipient needs, and recipient merit without accounting for the bureaucratic decision‐making process that helps determine these budgets. We theorize that most field‐based development officials seek to maximize their country's budgets a…
Staff (mis)allocation in public agencies
Misallocation of staff across subjurisdictions can have profound negative impacts on the performance of decentralized government agencies. Yet we lack an integrated view of the range of factors that can produce misallocation. I build a conceptual framework of the personnel (mis)allocation process through an historical study of Brazil’s federal protected areas agency, which, according to prior research, could have prevented 600–1,700 km2 of defore…
Business (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Agency (philosophy (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · International Development and Aid (2 works) · Accountability (1 work) · Autonomy (1 work) · Bureaucracy (1 work) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (1 work)