Motivations Of Foreign Aid

Author : Kaia Smith
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783668632974

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Motivations of Foreign Aid by Kaia Smith Pdf

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Globalization, Political Economics, grade: 1:1, , language: English, abstract: As individuals, we are quickly and emotionally affected by knowledge of the difficult economic conditions that inhabitants of the developing world must deal with. We may feel relief in knowing that our national governments are making an effort to share their wealth through bilateral aid to these struggling countries; we may also make our own individual efforts to donate our own time and resources to international organizations that specialize in economic development. However, how often does the average citizen question the sincerity of these efforts? Can we trust that our efforts are translated effectively into effective aid once it reaches the receiving country? It seems that there are many complicated and veiled issues behind the simple image that most donor governments and aid organizations project to citizens of the developed world. In other words, although it is commonplace to imagine that aid efforts and good intentions go hand in hand, it may be important to separate these two variables in looking at the result of aid effectiveness or ineffectiveness. In order to look more closely at this issue, I would like to explore the question: What explains the motivation of developed countries in giving financial aid to the Third world? This should give insight on the issue of whether changes need to be made in the ideology, planning and structure of development economics.

Author : A. Maurits van der Veen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139503259

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Ideas, Interests and Foreign Aid by A. Maurits van der Veen Pdf

Why do countries give foreign aid? Although many countries have official development assistance programs, this book argues that no two of them see the purpose of these programmes in the same way. Moreover, the way countries frame that purpose has shaped aid policy choices past and present. The author examines how Belgium long gave aid out of a sense of obligation to its former colonies, The Netherlands was more interested in pursuing international influence, Italy has focused on the reputational payoffs of aid flows and Norwegian aid has had strong humanitarian motivations since the beginning. But at no time has a single frame shaped any one country's aid policy exclusively. Instead, analysing half a century of legislative debates on aid in these four countries, this book presents a unique picture both of cross-national and over time patterns in the salience of different aid frames and of varying aid programmes that resulted.

Author : Viliam Phraxayavong
Publisher : Silkworm Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015084143612

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History of Aid to Laos by Viliam Phraxayavong Pdf

Originally presented as: Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Sydney, 2007.

Author : Leslie O. Omoruyi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351808460

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Contending Theories on Development Aid by Leslie O. Omoruyi Pdf

This title was first published in 2001: This thorough and comprehensive examination of the nature and pattern of post-Cold War aid to sub-Saharan Africa provides incisive, comparative case studies of the motivations behind the foreign aid policies of key members of the Development Association Committee (DAC). In one of the most rigorous contemporary efforts to evaluate the adequacy of the dominant theories of international relations on an important subject like foreign aid, Dr Omoruyi eschews easy answers to the problem of Africa's marginalization in the international system. He provides thoughtful, innovative suggestions for promoting a new development partnership between industrialized countries and Africa using a sophisticated quantitative method of inquiry, making this text a valuable contribution to social science literature on research methods.

Author : Simone Dietrich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781316519202

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States, Markets and Foreign Aid by Simone Dietrich Pdf

Explores the different choices made by donor governments when delivering foreign aid projects around the world.

Author : Hollis Burnley Chenery,Alan Mayne Strout
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Economic assistance
ISBN : WISC:89047738836

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Foreign Assistance and Economic Development by Hollis Burnley Chenery,Alan Mayne Strout Pdf

Author : Helen V. Milner,Diana Tingley,Dustin Tingley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Economic assistance
ISBN : 1781951616

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Geopolitics of Foreign Aid by Helen V. Milner,Diana Tingley,Dustin Tingley Pdf

Foreign aid remains a crucial policy tool of donor countries, and many countries throughout the world have been or continue to be recipients of aid. In this two-volume set, Professor Milner and Professor Tingley bring together the key published articles from a variety of disciplines which explore and elucidate the geopolitics of foreign aid. The volumes investigate the motivations for giving aid, the politics surrounding aid for donors and recipients, the role of international institutions and military aid.

Author : Rukmani Gounder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Economic assistance, Australian
ISBN : UCSD:31822021493010

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Overseas Aid Motivations by Rukmani Gounder Pdf

This work examines the motivations that underlie the inter-country allocation of Australian bilateral aid to developing countries. Time series and cross section data on overseas aid are used to analyze aid motivations. This book makes theoretical and several empirical contributions to the area, and new econometric literature on tests on non-tested hypotheses have been applied.

Author : Finn Tarp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 52,5 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 : Carol Lancaster
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 40,9 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 : Theodore Geiger,Leo M. Solomon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Economic assistance
ISBN : OCLC:216344701

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Motivations and Methods in Development and Foreign Aid by Theodore Geiger,Leo M. Solomon Pdf

Author : Roger C. Riddell,Roger Riddell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199544462

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Does Foreign Aid Really Work? by Roger C. Riddell,Roger Riddell Pdf

Provided for over 60 years, and expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation, foreign aid is now a $100bn business. But does it work? Indeed, is it needed at all? In this first-ever, overall assessment of aid, Roger Riddell provides a rigorous but highly readable account of aid, warts and all.

Author : Gosta Esping-Andersen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745666754

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The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism by Gosta Esping-Andersen Pdf

Few discussions in modern social science have occupied as much attention as the changing nature of welfare states in western societies. Gosta Esping-Andersen, one of the most distinguished contributors to current debates on this issue, here provides a new analysis of the character and role of welfare states in the functioning of contemporary advanced western societies. Esping-Andersen distinguishes several major types of welfare state, connecting these with variations in the historical development of different western countries. Current economic processes, the author argues, such as those moving towards a post-industrial order, are not shaped by autonomous market forces but by the nature of states and state differences. Fully informed by comparative materials, this book will have great appeal to everyone working on issues of economic development and post-industrialism. Its audience will include students and academics in sociology, economics and politics.

Author : Iliana Olivié,Aitor Pérez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,6 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 : Déborah Barros Leal Farias
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,6 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.