Aid And Influence

Author : Stephen Browne
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136571909

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Aid is always a means of influence: political, commercial, military and security-related. Some influence is benign, but much of it is coercive, even 'imperialistic'. Given the nature of aid, its effectiveness should be judged not only in developmental terms, but in terms of international relations. Even donors agree that, on both counts, the returns are meagre. This book, drawing on the author's 30 years of field experience, proposes two kinds of solution: donors should climb down from paternalistic central planning practices and support public goods that are neutral and beneficial cancellation of debt, fair trade, responsible economic governance, vaccine production, peace-making and peace-keeping. For their part, developing countries should follow the example of the most successful among them: recognize the true costs of 'free' aid, exercise their prerogative to choose their development partners and start paying their own way.

Author : Stephen Browne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000574951

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This book turns the argument about aid effectiveness on its head. Since development assistance is inherently self-interested, a source of soft power, political manipulation and commercial opportunity, its real effectiveness could arguably be judged by the strength of donor influence and not by development impact. Its subjective nature means that its impact on development is often weak, mainly short-term and confined to limited and specific contexts. Aid as influence was prevalent during the Cold War era. The connection is equally strong in this century’s newly bipolar world in which the contest is between western donors led by the United States, and China which is spending hundreds of billions of dollars on infrastructure as a means of influence in the global South. Influence permeates both bilateral and multilateral aid and in parallel with official aid, the rise of global philanthropy has seen it taken up by some of today’s billionaires. The response by donors to the growing havoc caused by the three Cs – conflict, climate change and COVID-19 – confirms the main findings of the book, which concludes by outlining what aid without influence would look like. This book draws on the author's 40 years of experience of the aid industry and will be essential reading for development students, practitioners and policy makers alike.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1280661046

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Aid and Influence by Anonim Pdf

Aid is always a means of influence: political, commercial, military and security-related. Some influence is benign, but much of it is coercive, even 'imperialistic'. Given the nature of aid, its effectiveness should be judged not only in developmental terms, but in terms of international relations. Even donors agree that, on both counts, the returns are meagre. This book, drawing on the author's 30 years of field experience, proposes two kinds of solution: donors should climb down from paternalistic central planning practices and support public goods that are neutral and beneficial? cancellation of debt, fair trade, responsible economic governance, vaccine production, peace-making and peace-keeping. For their part, developing countries should follow the example of the most successful among them: recognize the true costs of 'free' aid, exercise their prerogative to choose their development partners and start paying their own way.

Author : Stephen Browne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 6000000855

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Author : Just Faaland
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1349054747

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Aid and Influence by Just Faaland Pdf

Author : Iliana Olivié,Aitor Pérez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429802409

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Aid Power and Politics by Iliana Olivié,Aitor Pérez Pdf

Aid Power and Politics delves into the political roots of aid policy, demonstrating how and why governments across the world use aid for global influence, and exploring the role it plays in present-day global governance and international relations. In reconsidering aid as part of international relations, the book argues that the interplay between domestic and international development policy works in both directions, with individual countries having the capacity to shape global issues, whilst at the same time, global agreements and trends, in turn, shape the political behaviour of individual countries. Starting with the background of aid policy and international relations, the book goes on to explore the behaviour of both traditional and emerging donors (the US, the UK, the Nordic countries, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Brazil, and the European Union), and then finally looks at some big international agendas which have influenced donors, from the liberal consensus on democracy and good governance, to gender equality and global health. Aid Power and Politics will be an important read for international development students, researchers, practitioners and policy makers, and for anyone who has ever wondered why it is that countries spend so much money on the well-being of non-citizens outside their borders.

Author : Robert I. Rotberg
Publisher : Brookings Inst. Press/World Peace Fdn.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Africa
ISBN : 081577561X

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China Into Africa by Robert I. Rotberg Pdf

" A Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation publication Africa has long attracted China. We can date their first certain involvement from the fourteenth century, but East African city-states may have been trading with southern China even e...

Author : Déborah Barros Leal Farias
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351111775

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Aid and Technical Cooperation as a Foreign Policy Tool for Emerging Donors by Déborah Barros Leal Farias Pdf

The question of why countries give aid and assistance to other countries has long been a topic of debate- is it altruism, or selfishness? The assumption is sometimes made that donors from developing countries might be more motivated by altruism than ‘traditional’ western donors. This book demonstrates that on the contrary, the provision of development assistance can be used to serve national interests, allowing so-called ‘emerging’ donors to gain soft power in the international sphere by improving their image and global influence. Technical cooperation, or the transfer of knowledge, is an area of particular interest, as it can enable donors to position themselves as a global leader in a given field, with a unique set of skills and expertise in a knowledge area. This book uses the Brazilian case to demonstrate how a country such as Brazil can seek power and influence by providing no-strings-attached technical assistance. The empirical analysis unpicks the motivations behind development assistance, and how it can be used as a foreign policy tool. In doing so, the book sheds light upon the similarities and variations in the provision of technical cooperation as a foreign policy tool by China, India, and Brazil. This book will be of interest to researchers of International Development, South-South Cooperation, International Relations, and those working on Brazil specifically.

Author : Joan M. Nelson
Publisher : New York : Macmillan
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Economic assistance, American
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005299743

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Aid, Influence, and Foreign Policy by Joan M. Nelson Pdf

Author : Jason A. Kirk
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0857288326

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India and the World Bank by Jason A. Kirk Pdf

'The World Bank needs India more than India needs it.' So goes an emerging consensus on both sides of the relationship between the Bank and its largest borrower. This book analyzes the politics of aid and influence. The Bank, struggling to remain relevant amid India’s recent rapid growth and expanding access to private capital, has been caught up in a complex federal politics of reform and development. India’s central government - far from being in retreat - has been the main driver of dramatic changes in the Bank’s assistance strategy, leading toward a focus at the sub-national state level.

Author : Just Faaland
Publisher : Springer
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1980-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349054725

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Aid and Influence by Just Faaland Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:794901476

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Aid and Influence by Anonim Pdf

Aid is always a means of influence: political, commercial, military and security-related. Some influence is benign, but much of it is coercive, even 'imperialistic'. Given the nature of aid, its effectiveness should be judged not only in developmental terms, but in terms of international relations. Even donors agree that, on both counts, the returns are meagre. This book, drawing on the author's 30 years of field experience, proposes two kinds of solution: donors should climb down from paternalistic central planning practices and support public goods that are neutral and beneficial? cancellation of debt, fair trade, responsible economic governance, vaccine production, peace-making and peace-keeping. For their part, developing countries should follow the example of the most successful among them: recognize the true costs of 'free' aid, exercise their prerogative to choose their development partners and start paying their own way.

Author : Erik Lundsgaarde
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415656955

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The Domestic Politics of Foreign Aid by Erik Lundsgaarde Pdf

This book explains the choices that states make concerning the volume of development aid they provide and what types of priorities are supported with this assistance. The core argument of the book is that aid choices are a product of domestic politics in donor countries which involve a variety of actors that differ in character across the donor community.

Author : Zhangxi Cheng,Ian Taylor
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351806640

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China's Aid to Africa by Zhangxi Cheng,Ian Taylor Pdf

Although China has rapidly increased foreign aid to Africa and is now a relatively major player in the developmental assistance regime, little is still known regarding how China delivers its foreign aid, and even less about how this foreign aid actually works in the recipient countries. This book, extensively utilising Chinese sources, much of which have not been available before, examines the effectiveness and sustainability of China's foreign aid in Africa, as well as the political, economic and diplomatic factors that influence Chinese aid disbursement policies. The book argues that a nebulous notion of "friendship", however ill-defined, is a key factor in Chinese aid, something which is often overlooked by Western scholars. Through a detailed examination of both the decision-making process in Chinese aid disbursements, as well as an examination of specific case studies in West Africa, this book improves our understanding of China's foreign aid policies towards Africa. It finds that there are profound shortcomings in China's foreign aid at present which, despite the protestations of "friendship" and solidarity, undermine Beijing’s effectiveness as an actor in the developmental assistance enterprise in Africa. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of development studies, African studies, China-Africa relations and more broadly to international relations.

Author : David Sogge
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1842770691

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Give and Take by David Sogge Pdf

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