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Record 1 2004-12-07

English

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CONT

Aid agencies are fundamentally unaccountable. Because of the lack of a feedback mechanism between aid recipients and donors, aid agencies have little incentive to learn, unlike firms in the private market that must pass a market test to survive or governments that face the voter test.

French

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CONT

Les organismes d'aide ne sont guère incités à tirer des leçons de l'expérience, contrairement aux entreprises privées qui doivent faire leurs preuves sur le marché pour survivre ou aux gouvernements qui doivent retourner devant les électeurs.

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