Andy Sumner

Aid, Growth and Poverty

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The authors discuss the impact of foreign aid and tackle the question of why assessing the impact of aid is so difficult. The authors focus on peer-reviewed, cross-country studies published over the last decade and draw together some global-level assessments, considering the context and conditions under which aid might be said to 'work'. Glennie and Sumner argue that the evidence in four areas shows signs of convergence that may have direct relevance for policy decisions on aid and for aid effectiveness discussions. These are as follows: Aid levels (meaning if aid is too low or too high); Domestic political institutions (including political s… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Glennie, Jonathan

ISBN: 978-1-137-57272-1
EAN: 9781137572721
Produktnummer: 20008399
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 2'189 KB

Über den Autor

Jonathan Glennie is Director of Policy and Research at Save the Children UK, and Visiting Fellow at King's College London. He has worked and written extensively on international poverty and human rights, and helped to develop Christian Aid's now-ubiquitous critique of global tax policy. Jonathan is a regular columnist for The Guardian's Global Development website, and is on the board of Peace Brigades International, as well as the Sheffield Institute for International Development. Andy Sumner is Reader in International Development and Co-Director of King's International Development Institute, King's College London. He holds associate positions at Oxford University at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC. He has been listed in Foreign Policy Magazine's 'Top 100 Global Thinkers' and is Deputy Editor and Editorial Board Member of the Journal Global Policy.