Field Presence and the Performance of Environmental Projects: Evidence from the Global Environment Facility.
Scant attention has been paid to how field presence shapes the implementation of environment-earmarked projects by international organizations (IOs), such as those funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). GEF funding is based on a process whereby implementing IOs and recipient partners co-de...
| Publicado en: | International Studies Quarterly Vol. 70; no. 1; pp. 1 - 17 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=192384919&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 192384919 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00208833 ISQ jtl: International Studies Quarterly issn: 00208833 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2026 vid: 70 iid: 1 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 192384919 10.1093/isq/sqag002 ppf: 1 ppct: 16 formats: tig: atl: Field Presence and the Performance of Environmental Projects: Evidence from the Global Environment Facility. aug: au: Zaccaria, Giuseppe Reinsberg, Bernhard affil: University of Glasgow, UK su: Global Environment Facility International agencies Sustainable development Project management Organizational structure sug: subj: International agencies Sustainable development Global Environment Facility Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services Other management consulting services Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services Foreign affairs Administration of General Economic Programs Project management Organizational structure keyword: climate finance copyrightHolder:International Studies Association copyrightYear:2026 inLanguage:en international organizations IO performance multilateral funding publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqag002 climate finance copyrightHolder:International Studies Association copyrightYear:2026 inLanguage:en international organizations IO performance multilateral funding publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqag002 ab: Scant attention has been paid to how field presence shapes the implementation of environment-earmarked projects by international organizations (IOs), such as those funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). GEF funding is based on a process whereby implementing IOs and recipient partners co-design projects based on GEF criteria. Once approved by GEF, projects are implemented with no direct GEF involvement, but are later evaluated by a dedicated GEF unit. We assume that IO country officials are key players in project implementation processes, and we expect that their field presence shapes implementation performance. Drawing on data from approximately 1,000 GEF projects delivered by five implementing IOs from 1997 to 2020, our analysis suggests that implementation performance is evaluated better where IO country officials have greater field presence. This has implications for debates on multilateral funding, IO bureaucracies, localization, and IO performance. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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