Contract law in aid channels

This research into contracting in development aid offers a unique opportunity for exploring the boundaries of, and new approaches to, the function and utility of contract and contract law. By framing aid effectiveness as a contractual problem ­ in some ways similar to contracting in commercial arrangements such as networks, franchising, and even trusts, with many related thematic lines, this research takes a critical step toward promoting aid effectiveness. It adopts an innovative, pluralist approach, adducing relevant threads of contract and organizational theory, such as relational contracting, incomplete contracting, and organizational learning theory in its empirical analysis of contracting in development aid.

Data in the form of interviews.

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本项针对发展援助领域契约实践的研究，为探索契约与契约法的功能及效用边界、探寻其全新实现路径提供了独特契机。本研究将援助有效性界定为契约性议题——其在诸多维度与网络、特许经营乃至信托等商业安排中的契约实践存在共通的主题脉络——为提升援助有效性迈出了关键性一步。本研究采用创新的多元研究范式，在对发展援助契约实践的实证分析中，吸纳了契约理论与组织理论的相关研究脉络，例如关系型契约（relational contracting）、不完全契约（incomplete contracting）以及组织学习理论（organizational learning theory）。本数据集以访谈记录作为数据载体。本数据集为受限访问数据集，有相关研究需求的学者可通过随文附上的电子邮箱联系该大学，申请获取数据集访问权限。