Abstract
This paper argues that certain recurring problems in aid administration — long project lead times, high administrative costs, implementation delays, and managerial passivity and subterfuge — can be traced back to the ‘rational’ paradigm guiding the evolution of the aid control system. The unequal power relation over time among the partners coupled with an excessive emphasis on prior planning has led to a system for administering developmental assistance which is more costly and less effective than it need be, and which has an unintended anti-developmental bias.
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