Editing Aid effectiveness (section)

=== Sensitivity to recipient country institutions ===
Since the effectiveness of aid usually depends on the good-functioning of institutions in the recipient country, and since potential recipients are very varied in this respect, Charles Kenny (2006) argues that aid strategies must be tailored to the state of institutions in each case. Where institutions are strong, it is appropriate to provide programmatic aid. Where they are weak, there may be a role for aid in analysis, consensus-building and technical assistance to improve them, and meanwhile other "insulated" projects might go ahead if they do not harm the prospects for developing sound governmental institutions.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/9296/wps4005.pdf|title=What is effective aid? How would donors allocate it?|last1=Kenny|first1=Charles|date=September 2006|publisher=World Bank|access-date=2021-03-05}}</ref>