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Effectiveness of International Institutions: What IS it

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1 Effectiveness of International Institutions: What IS it
Effectiveness of International Institutions: What IS it? How do we EVALUATE it? What EXPLAINS it?

2 Terminology Implementation - passing domestic legislation for legal conformity with rules Compliance - behavior on the ground that conforms to rules Monitoring, verification, & transparency - determining whether actors are complying. Information from whom? Information about what? Different uses of info: Check compliance, environmental status, treaty feedback Enforcement - process by which those with incentives to not comply are nonetheless induced to do so. Effectiveness - two major ways to think about it

3 Institutional Influence
Realist view: no influence of institutions Behavior and Outcomes Power and Interests International Institutions

4 Institutional Influence
Realist view: no influence of institutions Institutionalist view: institutions may influence Behavior and Outcomes Power and Interests International Institutions Behavior and Outcomes Power and Interests International Institutions

5 Enforcement Logic of consequences – central
Expects: High Compliance/Low Effectiveness Why states comply? Institutions in SHORT term / INDEPENDENT interest Shallow cooperation Members differ from nonmembers by being willing When do states violate? When in short-term interests Neither rules nor norms have influence Violations primarily due to intention

6 Management Logic of consequences AND appropriateness
Expects: Compliance may he hard to identify; High effectiveness, if properly designed institution Why states comply? Institutions in LONG-term / INTERDEPENDENT interest Norms of rule-abiding behavior and social pressures What’s proper role? Habits? When do states violate? Not often // Rule ambiguity Incapacity Inadvertence

7 Evaluating Institutional Effects
Institutions can always be evaluated against TWO definitions of success Goal achievement: Compare actual behavior (or outcomes) to STATED GOAL Counterfactual: Compare actual behavior (or outcomes) to WHAT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED OTHERWISE

8 Observed behavior

9 ESTIMATE of Counterfactual Observed behavior

10 Success relative to counterfactual
ESTIMATE of Counterfactual Observed behavior Success relative to counterfactual

11 Observed behavior Goal

12 Failure relative to goal
Observed behavior Failure relative to goal Goal

13 Evaluating Institutional Effects
Institutions can always be evaluated against TWO definitions of success Goal achievement: Compare actual behavior (or outcomes) to STATED GOAL Counterfactual: Compare actual behavior (or outcomes) to WHAT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED OTHERWISE

14 Effectiveness of institutions
Where should we look? Identify indicators How should we look? Identify counterfactual (before/after; member/nonmember; regulated/nonregulated) Is there a difference? Compare actual to counterfactual Is difference due to treaty? Consider alternative explanations Is difference impressive? Consider difficulty of problem

15 Education of Women: Effects of CEDAW
Signed 1979 Took effect after 20 ratifications in 1981 Currently, 187 countries are members One clause: “States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in order to ensure to them equal rights with men in the field of education”

16 Effectiveness of institutions
Where should we look? % of women educated How should we look? Graph before/after; member/nonmember; more/less challenging Is there a difference? Graph counterfactuals Is difference due to treaty? Economic growth, non-treaty norm Is difference impressive? WAS this a hard problem? Are other factors fostering or inhibiting progress?

17 Members appear to have changed behavior: Before/After Comparison

18 Members appear to have changed behavior: Before/After Comparison

19 But Members/Nonmembers taken together:
Not Much Difference

20 But Hypothesis that 2 types of Members:
Islamic / Non-Islamic

21 Institutional Effect on Non-Islamic States? Before/After Comparison

22 Institutional Effect on Non-Islamic States? Before/After Comparison

23 Institutional Effect on Non-Islamic States?
Member/Non-member Comparison

24 Institutional Effect on Islamic States? Before/After Comparison

25 Institutional Effect on Islamic States? Before/After Comparison

26 Institutional Effect on Islamic States? Member/Nonmember Comparison

27 Effectiveness of institutions REVIEW
Where should we look? % of women educated How should we look? Graph before/after; member/nonmember; more/less challenging Is there a difference? Graph counterfactuals Is difference due to treaty? Economic growth, non-treaty norm Is difference impressive? WAS this a hard problem? Are other factors fostering or inhibiting progress?

28 Brown Weiss and Jacobson Influences on treaty effectiveness
Overall model linking 4 sets of factors Characteristics of activity Same as my “Problem structure” Characteristics of institution Same as my “Institutional design” Characteristics of international context Characteristics of the country Country variables

29 Brown Weiss and Jacobson Influences on treaty effectiveness

30 Brown Weiss / Jacobson Characteristics of Activity
Number of actors involved in activity Effect of economic incentives Role of multinational corporations in activity Concentration of activity in major countries

31 Problem Structure and Institutional Effectiveness
HARDER problems = institution less likely to be effective Easy: COORDINATION: Big effect on shallow problems EPISTEMIC: pooling informational resources that are cheap AND states have interests in pooling Medium: UPSTREAM/DOWNSTREAM: hard to resolve but structure generates careful rules that make likely to succeed PEPI: structure leads to careful rules that tend to be “incentive-compatible” Hard group: COLLABORATION: all have incentives to contribute AND cheat NORMATIVE problem: changing norms is very hard

32 Problem Structure and Institutional Effectiveness
Inherent transparency LESS inherent transparency, more likely institution will NOT be effective Response incentives LESS violation tolerance, more likely institution WILL be effective STRONGER response incentives, more likely institution WILL be effective

33 Problem Structure and Institutional Effectiveness
More/Fast Effective Less/Slow Effective Type Epistemic & Coordination Up/Down & Positive Externalities Collaboration Normative Inherent Transparency High Transparency Low Transparency Violation Tolerance Low Violation Tolerance High Violation Tolerance Response Incentives Strong Response Incentives Weak Response Incentives

34 Brown Weiss / Jacobson Characteristics of Institution
Perceived equity of obligations Precision of obligations Provisions for obtaining scientific advice Reporting requirements Provisions for other forms of monitoring Secretariat Incentives Sanctions

35 Institutional Design and Institutional Effectiveness
Institutional type from most/fast to least/slow effective Procedural/programmatic – regulatory – generative Membership: more states, LESS effective Primary rule system MORE specific, MORE effective Common MORE effective than Differentiated (??) Information system: clearer, MORE effective Response systems: Facilitative, MORE effective than Clear/specific MORE effective

36 Institutional Design and Institutional Effectiveness
More/Fast Effective Less/Slow Effective Type Procedural & Programmatic Regulatory Generative # of States Few Many Primary Rules Specific Vague Primary Rules Common ??? Differentiated Inspections Clear / Demanding Vague / General Response Rewards/Capacity-Enhancing Sanctions

37 Brown Weiss / Jacobson Characteristics of International Context
Major international conferences Worldwide media/public opinion International NGOs Number of parties as members Other international organizations International financial institutions

38 Brown Weiss / Jacobson Characteristics of the Country

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