-ordinated, inclusive actions”, remaining “committed to improving quality and impact of our development co-operation policies …”. Decentralised development co-operation, or international development co-operation carried out by subnational governments, is one … tool OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members can deploy to ensure that development co-operation is fit …

A core result of the aid allocation literature is that the quality of governance in recipient countries does not affect … through different channels and considering different dimensions of governance, we provide evidence that bypassing governments …

between aid and governance, both positive and negative. The second half of the chapter examines when donors should attach … countries where governance is strong. In other cases, donors may seek to attach conditions based on governance reform, and …