Aid and Influence
Do Donors Help or Hinder?
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2006
Earthscan Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84407-201-9 (ISBN)
Earthscan Ltd (Verlag)
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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'. This book proposes that donors should climb down from paternalistic central planning practices and support public goods that are neutral and beneficial.
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 governance, vaccine production, peace-making and peace-keeping. For their part, developing countries should follow the example of the most successful among them: recognize the true costs of 'free' aid, exercise their prerogative to choose their development partners and start paying their own way.
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 governance, vaccine production, peace-making and peace-keeping. For their part, developing countries should follow the example of the most successful among them: recognize the true costs of 'free' aid, exercise their prerogative to choose their development partners and start paying their own way.
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).
The Great Mismatch * Aid Origins * Evolving Development Fashions * Influence through Conditionality * Aid to Fragile States * Aid and Imperialism * Donors from the South * New Beginnings: A Market for Aid *
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.2006 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 340 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84407-201-0 / 1844072010 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84407-201-9 / 9781844072019 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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