Effect of Participation and Alignment on the Sustainability of Development Aid Output
Evidence from a Field Experiment in Uganda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10794404 |
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| Authors | Satoru Mikami (0000-0002-3857-2309, Ehime University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 475-496 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Comparative International Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-3606 • E-ISSN: 1936-6167 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12116-022-09374-9 |
| OpenAlex | W4297175636 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 57 |
Most aid project output does not last long after the departure of external donors. This inconvenient truth remains unchanged despite the introduction decades ago of participatory approaches and the alignment of aid content, on the belief that they would cure this problem via the generation of a sense of ownership and the reduction in recurrent costs. To understand this paradox, this study re-examines the impact of participation and alignment on the sustainability of aid project output through a field experiment in Uganda using an aid project that promotes household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS) as an example. The results reveal that the true impact of alignment is negative, while the impact of participation is zero. Specifically, when the aid content is changed from nonaligned to aligned while the use of a nonparticipatory approach is unchanged, the rate of HWTS retention drops by 35.4 percentage points after 2 weeks and by 43.7 percentage points after another 4 months. This finding suggests that at least the unconditional alignment of aid content should be reconsidered to prevent the further deterioration of already unsustainable aid project output
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