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A Race to the Top? The Aid Transparency Index and the Social Power of Global Performance Indicators
International Organization ( IF 5.754 ) Pub Date : 2019-07-16 , DOI: 10.1017/s0020818319000122
Dan Honig , Catherine Weaver

Recent studies on global performance indicators (GPIs) reveal the distinct power that nonstate actors can accrue and exercise in world politics. How and when does this happen? Using a mixed-methods approach, we examine the impact of the Aid Transparency Index (ATI), an annual rating and rankings index produced by the small UK-based NGO Publish What You Fund. The ATI seeks to shape development aid donors' behavior with respect to their transparency—the quality and kind of information they publicly disclose. To investigate the ATI's effect, we construct an original panel data set of donor transparency performance before and after ATI inclusion (2006–2013) to test whether (and which) donors alter their behavior in response to inclusion in the ATI. To further probe the causal mechanisms that explain variations in donor behavior we use qualitative research, including over 150 key informant interviews conducted between 2010 and 2017. Our analysis uncovers the conditions under which the ATI influences powerful aid donors. Our mixed-methods evidence reveals how this happens. Consistent with Kelley and Simmons's central argument that GPIs exercise influence via social pressure, we find that the ATI shapes donor behavior primarily via direct effects on elites: the diffusion of professional norms, organizational learning, and peer pressure.

中文翻译:

登顶竞赛?援助透明度指数和全球绩效指标的社会力量

最近对全球绩效指标 (GPI) 的研究揭示了非国家行为者可以在世界政治中积累和行使的独特权力。这是如何以及何时发生的?使用混合方法,我们研究了援助透明度指数 (ATI) 的影响,这是一个由英国小型非政府组织 Publish What You Fund 编制的年度评级和排名指数。ATI 力求塑造发展援助捐助者在透明度方面的行为——他们公开披露的信息的质量和种类。为了研究 ATI 的影响,我们构建了一个原始面板数据集,用于在 ATI 纳入(2006-2013 年)之前和之后的捐助者透明度表现,以测试是否(以及哪些)捐助者改变他们的行为以响应纳入 ATI。为了进一步探究解释捐助者行为变化的因果机制,我们使用了定性研究,包括 2010 年至 2017 年期间进行的 150 多次关键线人访谈。我们的分析揭示了 ATI 影响强大援助捐助者的条件。我们的混合方法证据显示如何有时候是这样的。与 Kelley 和 Simmons 的核心论点一致,即 GPI 通过社会压力施加影响,我们发现 ATI 主要通过对精英的直接影响来塑造捐赠者的行为:专业规范的传播、组织学习和同伴压力。
更新日期:2019-07-16
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