Prof. Robert Lensink: ‘We have to find out where Development Aid does work and why’
359 views · Published 18 November 2016 · 2:19 · Indexed 8 November 2026
Channel: University of Groningen · 2016 · Education
Robert Lensink is Professor of Finance at Faculty of Economics and Business. He has always been very interested in development economics, the question of why some people are poor and others are rich. Lensink focuses on the evaluation of financial interventions in developing countries. ‘There is no area in the world where so much evaluation is going on than in Development Aid, almost every penny spent is evaluated. However, evaluations that happened in the past were far from rigorous. We actually cannot learn that much from them. Still a lot of evidence is needed to improve the effectiveness of projects. The only thing I hope is that I can contribute a little bit to that process.’
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