The growing rhetorical commitment to localizing international aid sits in contrast to the lack of change in the amount of funding going to locally based organizations. The increased focus on localization spotlights the inherent challenges within the international aid system and donor organizations' inability to adapt their practices to make genuine change. A critical barrier to substantial change is related to the concept of time. Donors' conceptualization of time significantly impacts organizational incentives and individuals' preferences. This article examines how donors' understanding of time manifests through concepts of productivity and efficiency, deadlines and their implications on decision-making, and donor fatigue. A focus on donor practice is supported by the concept of timescapes, or the institutional conceptualizations of time that define practice and create different power dynamics. Through the analysis, the article describes how donor timescapes create organizational and individual behaviors that work against the localization agenda. The article concludes by offering suggestions for mitigating these organizational behavior dynamics so that donor incentives and practices are better aligned with their localization commitments.

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时间对与本地化相关的捐赠者行为和过程的影响

对国际援助本地化的口头承诺不断增加，与当地组织的资金数额缺乏变化形成鲜明对比。对本地化的日益关注凸显了国际援助体系内固有的挑战以及捐助组织无法调整其做法以做出真正的改变。实质性变革的一个关键障碍与时间概念有关。捐赠者对时间的概念会显着影响组织的激励和个人的偏好。本文探讨了捐助者对时间的理解如何通过生产力和效率、截止日期及其对决策的影响以及捐助者疲劳等概念来体现。对捐助者实践的关注受到时间景观概念的支持，或者定义实践并创造不同权力动态的时间的制度概念化。通过分析，本文描述了捐助者的时间景观如何产生不利于本地化议程的组织和个人行为。文章最后提出了缓解这些组织行为动态的建议，以便捐助者的激励和实践更好地与其本地化承诺保持一致。