Stephen (Hrsg.) Browne

Aid and Influence

Do Donors Help or Hinder?

Buch

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 govern… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84407-201-9
EAN: 9781844072019
Produktnummer: 23093560
Verlag: Taylor and Francis
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 192 S.
Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.0 cm 340 g
Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
Gewicht: 340

Über den Autor

Stephen Browne is a Director at the UN with over 25 years' experience in international aid and development. His books include Beyond Aid (1999) and Developing Capacity through Technical Cooperation (2002).