Supervision and performance: the case of World Bank projects

Kilby, Christopher

doi:10.1016/s0304-3878(00)00082-1

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“…To the extent that there are measurement errors, the mistakes should be unbiased, evenly distributed, and thus not effect final results (i.e., noise). This database is widely used in economic research [52]. Table 1 lists all the independent variables along with the corresponding year.…”

Section: Independent Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cross-country analysis of spambots

Garg

Koster

Camp

2013

EURASIP J. on Info. Security

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Spam is a vector for cybercrime and commonly legally prohibited. Why do certain national jurisdictions produce a higher percentage of spam than others despite its prohibition? Why do some countries have a higher percentage of systems acting as spambots compared to other countries? We begin to answer there questions by conducting a cross-country empirical analysis of economic factors that correlate with the prevalence of spam and associated botnets. The economic factors under consideration are grounded in traditional theories of crime offline, as well as prior research in security economics. We found that more than 50% of spam can be attributed to having originated from merely seven countries, indicating that deterrence through policy is both feasible and economically rational. As expected, higher Internet adoption is correlated with higher percentage of spam from a country. Counterintuitively, Internet adoption is also positively correlated with the percentage of infected machines.

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Section: Independent Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cross-country analysis of spambots

Garg

Koster

Camp

2013

EURASIP J. on Info. Security

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“…However, higher levels of resources spent on supervision and preparation were negatively, rather than positively, related to project success. In contrast, Kilby (2000) and Dollar and Levin (2005), using data from World Bankfunded projects, found that early supervision does have a positive impact on the performance of projects.…”

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“…However, several of these studies also demonstrated difficulty in reaching consensus on the meaning and measure of project success. Kilby (2000) argues that project performance or success, which is a measure of the project's net contribution to the economy, cannot be fully assessed until all project costs and benefits are fully realised. That requires systematic collection of data after a project is completed.…”

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confidence: 99%

Macro and micro determinants of project performance

Assefa

Rivera

Vencatachellum

2014

African Evaluation Journal

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One year from the target date of the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the result in Africa is only a work in progress. Africa has made progress towards some of the MDGs but needs to draw lessons and improve performance post 2015. This study investigates the development effectiveness of the African Development Bank Group-financed projects using 229 concluded projects between 2004 and 2012 to assess the major determinants of project performance. The study finds that the Bank Group has on average a high level of development effectiveness. Using econometric analysis the study found that country-level variables’ interactions with project-level variables explain a substantial share of the variationsin project performance. In particular, it affirmed that country policies and institutions and country capacity in general is positively correlated with project performance whilst parallel project implementation units were not correlated. At the micro level, the age of a project, the quality of project design and the choice of programing instrument were also important determinants of project success. The findings of this study therefore will inform the policy formulation processes in the post 2015 agenda.

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“…World Bank projects all too frequently fail to achieve their goals due to a number of problems that could be termed "managerial" and "organizational" (Kwak, 2002): imperfect project design, poor stakeholder management, delays between project identification and start-up, delays during project implementation, cost overruns, coordination failure, etc. (Youker, 1999;Kilby, 2000;Ahsan & Gunawan, 2010). This study investigated the effect of project training on project performance.…”

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Factors Affecting Performance of Donor Funded Nutrition Projects: A Case Study of Mercy USA Nutrition Project, Kenya

Otieno¹,

Waiganjo²

2015

IJEFM

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Abstract:Projects remain the instruments of choice for policy makers in international development. Yet, paradoxically, the poor performance of projects and the disappointment of project stakeholders and beneficiaries seem to have become the rule and not the exception in contemporary reality. Kenya is one of the countries that receive a lot of donor support to set up nutrition projects for the purpose of improving the nutrition status of its population. Despite enormous resources channeled by donors in setting up these projects, little impact has been realized as trends in mortality rates continues to surge as a result of malnutrition. This study sought to establish the influence of training in project management and project identification on the performance of Mercy USA nutrition project. The researcher adopted descriptive research design. Census method was used for this research. The study instruments used were questionnaires with both closed and open ended questions. Statistical analysis was carried out using the Statistical package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 20). The study established that the performance of MUSA nutrition project was being affected by other factors other than training in project management. Project identification was also established to be a critical factor in performance of donor funded project. The results of this study can assist donors, donor supported agencies and other stakeholders to understand issues that support or inhibit the performance of nutrition projects.

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Supervision and performance: the case of World Bank projects

Cited by 86 publications

References 10 publications

Cross-country analysis of spambots

Cross-country analysis of spambots

Macro and micro determinants of project performance

Factors Affecting Performance of Donor Funded Nutrition Projects: A Case Study of Mercy USA Nutrition Project, Kenya

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