This is a really interesting idea and would obviously need a relatively uncorrupt country that is on board with the project.
To some extent this kind of thing already happens, with aid organisations focusing their funding on countries which use it well. Rwanda is an interesting example of this over the last 20 years as they have attracted huge foreign funding after their dictator basically fixed low level corruption and organized the country surprisingly well. This has led to dis proportionate improvements in healthcare and education compared with surrounding countries, although economically the jury is still out.
The big problem in my eyes then is how do you know it’s your interventions baking the difference, rather than just really good governance—very hard to tease apart.
This is a really interesting idea and would obviously need a relatively uncorrupt country that is on board with the project.
To some extent this kind of thing already happens, with aid organisations focusing their funding on countries which use it well. Rwanda is an interesting example of this over the last 20 years as they have attracted huge foreign funding after their dictator basically fixed low level corruption and organized the country surprisingly well. This has led to dis proportionate improvements in healthcare and education compared with surrounding countries, although economically the jury is still out.
The big problem in my eyes then is how do you know it’s your interventions baking the difference, rather than just really good governance—very hard to tease apart.