Foreign Aid In A World In Crisis

Author : Richard Grant,Jan Nijman
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815627726

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The Global Crisis in Foreign Aid by Richard Grant,Jan Nijman Pdf

The internal destabilization of many poor countries that accompanied the end of the Cold War and the general failure of structural adjustment programs have changed the nature and allotment of foreign aid around the world. Major donors of foreign aid such as the United States, Japan, and the European Union have been shifting their geographical priorities in allocating aid, as well as their project emphasis, since the end of the Cold War. In addition, multilateral aid agencies—the World Bank, the United Nations, and the Interna­tional Monetary Fund—are attempting to redress past failures of aid and revamp policies and priorities. Moreover, aid recipients in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet republics, and Central America are establishing priorities of their own and evaluating the success and failure of past aid programs. This volume stands out in the literature on foreign aid because it includes contributions from eight policy representatives from a range of important donor and recipient countries—the United States, Japan, the Netherlands, Bolivia, Egypt, Bangladesh, El Salvador, and Poland. Timely in its assessment of the crisis and the transition in the foreign aid regime, the book pro­vides a view from inside the policy process and im­parts a researcher's perspective on the changing pri­orities for donors and recipients. The wide-ranging essay—most previously unpublished—aim to shed light on the changing political, economic, and regional geographies of aid at the end of the twentieth century.

Author : Viktor Jakupec,Max Kelly,John McKay
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781040027158

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Foreign Aid in a World in Crisis by Viktor Jakupec,Max Kelly,John McKay Pdf

This book investigates the geopoliticisation of foreign aid in recent years, against a background of global overarching crises such as climate change, conflict, Covid-19, economic crisis, energy shortages and migration. Foreign aid has historically been understood as assisting both with the development objectives of the recipients and with the trade and geopolitical interests of the donors. In the first decades of the 21st century, however, this balance has been shifted by a series of complex global challenges. This book argues that donors have now moved towards framing aid as a geopolitical instrument, wherein aid can be given or withheld based on power or political intent, thus imposing the donor’s specific values and norms. This book provides an in-depth analysis of this weaponisation of foreign aid within a framework of global disruption and ultimately concludes that the world is at a tipping point towards a new socio-political world order. Asking important questions about the power dynamics at play within the aid sector, this book will be an important read for researchers across development studies, political science, international relations and global affairs.

Author : Viktor Jakupec,Max Kelly,John McKay (Professor)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1032530561

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Foreign Aid in a World in Crisis by Viktor Jakupec,Max Kelly,John McKay (Professor) Pdf

"This book investigates the geo-politicization of foreign aid in recent years, against a background of global overarching crises such as climate change, conflict, COVID-19, economic crisis, energy shortages and migration. Foreign aid has historically been understood as assisting both with the development objectives of the recipients, and with the trade and geopolitical interests of the donors. In the first decades of the 21st Century, however, this balance has been shifted by a series of complex global challenges. The book argues that donors have now moved towards framing aid as a geopolitical instrument, wherein aid can be given or withheld based on power or political intent, thus imposing the donor's specific values and norms. The book provides an in-depth analysis of this weaponization of foreign aid within a framework of global disruption and ultimately concludes that the world is at a tipping point towards a new socio-political world order. Asking important questions about the power dynamics at play within the aid sector, this book will be an important read for researchers across development studies, political science, international relations, and global affairs"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0195211235

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Assessing Aid by Anonim Pdf

Assessing Aid determines that the effectiveness of aid is not decided by the amount received but rather the institutional and policy environment into which it is accepted. It examines how development assistance can be more effective at reducing global poverty and gives five mainrecommendations for making aid more effective: targeting financial aid to poor countries with good policies and strong economic management; providing policy-based aid to demonstrated reformers; using simpler instruments to transfer resources to countries with sound management; focusing projects oncreating and transmitting knowledge and capacity; and rethinking the internal incentives of aid agencies.

Author : Robert Everett Wood
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0520058682

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From Marshall Plan to Debt Crisis by Robert Everett Wood Pdf

Author : George Mavrotas
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,5 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 : Mr.Kurt Annen,Mr.Luc Moers
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475505542

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Donor Competition for Aid Impact, and Aid Fragmentation by Mr.Kurt Annen,Mr.Luc Moers Pdf

This paper shows that donors that maximize relative aid impact spread their budgets across many recipient countries in a unique Nash equilibrium, explaining aid fragmentation. This equilibrium may be inefficient even without fixed costs, and the inefficiency increases in the equality of donors budgets. The paper presents empirical evidence consistent with theoretical results. These imply that, short of ending donors maximization of relative aid impact, agreements to better coordinate aid allocations are not implementable. Moreover, since policies to increase donor competition in terms of aid effectiveness risk reinforcing relativeness, they may well backfire, as any such reinforcement increases aid fragmentation.

Author : Jim Freedman
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,6 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 : Rehman Sobhan
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0862321972

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The Crisis of External Dependence by Rehman Sobhan Pdf

Bangladesh's economy and society. Shows the distortive

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004431140

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Humanitarianism: Keywords by Anonim Pdf

Humanitarianism: Keywords is a comprehensive dictionary designed as a compass for navigating the conceptual universe of humanitarianism. It is an intuitive toolkit to map contemporary humanitarianism and to explore its current and future articulations. The dictionary serves a broad readership of practitioners, students, and researchers by providing informed access to the extensive humanitarian vocabulary.

Author : George Mavrotas,World Institute for Development Economics Research
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199580934

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Foreign Aid for Development by George Mavrotas,World Institute for Development Economics Research Pdf

An edited collection on foreign aid that addresses important aid questions, and reviews the shifting aid landscape in light of the recent global financial crisis. The volume reviews the progress achieved so far, identifies the challenges ahead, and discusses the emerging policy agenda in foreign aid.

Author : Paula Hoy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015047122745

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Players and Issues in International Aid by Paula Hoy Pdf

* A lucid primer on the complex topic of foreign aid written for a wide readership including introductory level students* Spells out the players in development assistance: the IMF, World Bank, United Nations, governments and NGOs* Differing perspectives on the timeless "aid debate" offer clarification on the subject of international aidIn a political climate where international assistance is under attack, it has never been more important that the general public understand the debate. "Players and Issues in International Aid" is a one-stop source of vital information on the politics, players, and issues surrounding international development assistance.

Author : Lester B. Pearson,Council on Foreign Relations
Publisher : New York : Published for the Council on Foreign Relations by Praeger Publishers
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Economic assistance
ISBN : UCAL:B3376249

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The Crisis of Development by Lester B. Pearson,Council on Foreign Relations Pdf

Author : Médicins Sans Frontières
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015032440680

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Life, Death, and Aid by Médicins Sans Frontières Pdf

Life, Death and Aid highlights the ten most pressing humanitarian crises of the 1990s and examines the policies, actions and effectiveness of the United Nations, donor governments and relief organizations involved in emergency aid and peacekeeping operations.

Author : Jonathan Glennie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000261264

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The Future of Aid by Jonathan Glennie Pdf

International cooperation has never been more needed, but the current system of “aid” is outdated and ineffective. The Future of Aid calls for a wholesale restructuring of the aid project, a totally new approach fit for the challenges of the 21st century: Global Public Investment. Across the world, billions of people are struggling to get by in unequal and unsustainable societies, and international public finance, which should be part of the answer, is woefully deficient. Engagingly written by a well-known expert in the field, The Future of Aid calls for a series of paradigm shifts. From a narrow focus on poverty to a broader attack on inequality and sustainability. From seeing international public money as a temporary last resort, to valuing it as a permanent force for good. From North-South transfers to a collective effort, with all paying in and all benefitting. From outdated post-colonial institutions to representative decision-making. From the othering and patronising language of “foreign aid”, to the empowering concept of Global Public Investment. Ten years ago, in The Trouble with Aid, Jonathan Glennie highlighted the dangers of aid dependency and the importance of looking beyond aid. Now he calls for a revolution in the way that we think about the role of public money to back up our ambitious global objectives. In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, it is time for a new era of internationalism.