Foreign Aid And Development

Author : Nabamita Dutta,Claudia R. Williamson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030221218

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Lessons on Foreign Aid and Economic Development by Nabamita Dutta,Claudia R. Williamson Pdf

A response to the pressing need to address and clarify the substantial ambiguity within current literature, this edited volume aims to deepen readers’ understanding of the impact of foreign aid on development outcomes based on the latest findings in research over the past decade. Foreign aid has long been seen as one of two extremes: either beneficial or damaging, a blessing or a curse. Consequently, many readers perceive aid’s effectiveness based on the work of scholars who are assessing the impact of aid from one of two antithetical perspectives. This book takes a different approach, shedding light on recent research that can deepen our understanding of the complex relationship between aid and its aftereffects. Drawing from an extensive set of studies that have explored micro and macro impacts of foreign aid for recipient nations, chapter authors highlight more layered and nuanced findings, with a focus on donor characteristics, political motives, and an evaluation of aid projects and their effectiveness, including the differential impact based on type of aid. This volume is the first of its kind to unpack aid as a complex rather than a unitary concept and explore the wide areas of grey that have long enshrouded foreign aid.

Author : Finn Tarp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000-08-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134608485

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Foreign Aid and Development by Finn Tarp Pdf

Peter Hjertholm, Editorial Assistant Aid has worked in the past but can be made to work better in the future. In this important new book, leading economists and political scientists, including experienced aid practitioners, re-examine foreign aid. The evolution of development doctrine over the past fifty years is critically investigated, and conventional wisdom and current practice is challenged. As well as offering important new research material, the book opens up new directions for future practice and policy. It will be of vital interest to those working in economics, politics and development studies, as well as to governmental and aid professionals.

Author : Eric Jackson Labs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : UOM:39015041354625

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The Role of Foreign Aid in Development by Eric Jackson Labs Pdf

Author : Stephen Brown
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780773540569

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Struggling for Effectiveness by Stephen Brown Pdf

A critical and constructive examination of Canada's assistance to developing countries.

Author : George Mavrotas
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191573842

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Foreign Aid for Development by George Mavrotas Pdf

Foreign aid is one of the few topics in the development discourse with such an uninterrupted, yet volatile history in terms of interest and attention from academics, policymakers, and practitioners alike. Does aid work in promoting growth and reducing poverty in the developing world? Will a new 'big push' approach accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals or will another opportunity be missed? Can the lessons of almost half a century of aid giving be learnt? These are truly important questions in view of the emerging new landscape in foreign aid and recent developments related to the global financial crisis, which are expected to have far reaching implications for both donors and recipients engaged in this area. Against this shifting aid landscape, there is a pressing need to evaluate progress to date and shed new light on emerging issues and agendas. This volume brings together leading aid experts to review the progress achieved so far, identify the challenges ahead, and discuss the emerging policy agenda in foreign aid. A central conclusion of this important and timely volume is that, since development aid remains crucial for many developing countries, a huge effort is needed from both donors and aid recipients to overcome the inefficiencies and make aid work better for poor people. After all, as global citizens, we have a moral obligation to do the best we can to lift people out of poverty in the developing world. The findings of this book will be of considerable interest to professionals and policymakers engaged in policy reforms in foreign aid, and provide an essential one-stop reference for students of development, international finance, and economics.

Author : Finn Tarp,Peter Hjertholm
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415215463

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Foreign Aid and Development by Finn Tarp,Peter Hjertholm Pdf

Aid has worked in the past but can be made to work better in the future. This book offers important new research and will appeal to those working in economics, politics and development studies as well as to governmental and aid professionals.

Author : Paul Mosley
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813159300

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Foreign Aid by Paul Mosley Pdf

Economic aid to developing countries is an important -- and often controversial -- part of foreign policy for many Western nations. But how effective is such aid in achieving the objectives of the giver and the recipient? In this important study, Paul Mosley offers a challenging reassessment of the role of economic aid for nations on both sides of the equation. Mosley examines in detail the foreign aid programs of the leading Western powers with particular regard to the role of aid in international politics, and then examines the effectiveness of aid as a subsidy to exports, as an instrument of development, and as a means of redistributing income and bargaining power to the very poor. Mosley also incorporates overseas aid into the general economic theory of public expenditure. He examines the various protagonists on the supply side of the market for aid expenditures and in particular those on the demand side. Supporting this analysis of ways in which the aid market adjusts over time are extensive data from the OECD countries for the past thirty years. With its searching assessment of the effectiveness of foreign aid as an instrument of dogmatic and economic policy, Mosley's new book will be essential reading for all students in the field of international relations.

Author : Douglas C. Dacy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1986-09-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521303279

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Foreign Aid, War, and Economic Development by Douglas C. Dacy Pdf

This book traces the economic history of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1975, the period encompassing the Vietnam war.

Author : A. Sumner,R. Mallett
Publisher : Springer
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137298881

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The Future of Foreign Aid by A. Sumner,R. Mallett Pdf

Sumner and Mallett review the literature on aid in light of shifts in the aid system and the increasing concentration of the world's poor in middle-income countries. As a consequence, they propose a series of practical, policy relevant options for future development cooperation, with the aim of provoking discussion and informing policy.

Author : Carol Lancaster
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226470627

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Foreign Aid by Carol Lancaster Pdf

A twentieth-century innovation, foreign aid has become a familiar and even expected element in international relations. But scholars and government officials continue to debate why countries provide it: some claim that it is primarily a tool of diplomacy, some argue that it is largely intended to support development in poor countries, and still others point out its myriad newer uses. Carol Lancaster effectively puts this dispute to rest here by providing the most comprehensive answer yet to the question of why governments give foreign aid. She argues that because of domestic politics in aid-giving countries, it has always been—and will continue to be—used to achieve a mixture of different goals. Drawing on her expertise in both comparative politics and international relations and on her experience as a former public official, Lancaster provides five in-depth case studies—the United States, Japan, France, Germany, and Denmark—that demonstrate how domestic politics and international pressures combine to shape how and why donor governments give aid. In doing so, she explores the impact on foreign aid of political institutions, interest groups, and the ways governments organize their giving. Her findings provide essential insight for scholars of international relations and comparative politics, as well as anyone involved with foreign aid or foreign policy.

Author : A. Sumner,R. Mallett
Publisher : Springer
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137298881

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The Future of Foreign Aid by A. Sumner,R. Mallett Pdf

Sumner and Mallett review the literature on aid in light of shifts in the aid system and the increasing concentration of the world's poor in middle-income countries. As a consequence, they propose a series of practical, policy relevant options for future development cooperation, with the aim of provoking discussion and informing policy.

Author : Kelechi A. Kalu,Jiyoung Kim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000417999

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Foreign Aid and Development in South Korea and Africa by Kelechi A. Kalu,Jiyoung Kim Pdf

This book compares the rapid development of South Korea over the past 70 years with selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa to assess what factors contributed to the country’s success story, and why it is that countries that were comparable in the past continue to experience challenges in achieving and sustaining economic growth. In the 1950s, South Korea’s GDP per capita was $876, roughly comparable with that of Cote d’Ivoire and somewhat below Ghana’s. The country’s subsequent transformation from a war-ravaged, international aid-dependent economy to the 13th largest economy in the world has been the focus of considerable international admiration and attention. But how was it that South Korea succeeded in multiplying its GDP per capita by a factor of 23, while other Less Developed Countries continue to experience challenges? This book compares South Korea’s politics of development and foreign assistance with that of Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia, which were also major recipients of the U.S. aid, to investigate the specific contexts that made it possible for South Korea to achieve success. Overall, this book argues that effective state capacity in South Korea’s domestic and international politics provided an anchor for diplomatic engagement with donors and guided domestic political actors in the effective use of aid for economic development. This book will be of interest to researchers and students working on development, comparative political economy, and foreign aid, and to policy makers and practitioners looking for a greater understanding of comparative development trajectories.

Author : John Degnbol-Martinussen,Poul Engberg-Pedersen
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 184277039X

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Aid by John Degnbol-Martinussen,Poul Engberg-Pedersen Pdf

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the global aid scene.

Author : Jim Freedman
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0802080510

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Transforming Development by Jim Freedman Pdf

Foreign aid is now known more for its failures than its successes, leading to claims in academic and policy circles that foreign aid has outlived its usefulness. Instead of foreseeing the end of foreign, these essays show how it might be restored.

Author : Kunibert Raffer,Hans Wolfgang Singer
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : UCSC:32106013103947

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The Foreign Aid Business by Kunibert Raffer,Hans Wolfgang Singer Pdf

Distinguishing between "aid" and "help" in development aid and finance, the authors discuss aid in the context of other North- South flows such as trade or debt service, and describe the role and evolution of aid during the Cold War. They address issues such as food aid, the EU's Lome cooperation, Japan's emergence as the largest donor and its specific aid philosophy, the often- neglected question of North-South aid, and the role of NGOs. New trends analyzed include political conditionality, the UNDP's proposal to reorient aid towards human development, and the question of aid diversion to the former communist countries. The authors conclude by proposing a series of reforms for development aid and finance. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR