Aid as Handmaiden for the Development of Institutions - A New Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)

Through comparative studies of aid supported infrastructure projects in East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the book examines how aid could assist development processes by facilitating development of local endogenous institutions, which are both pro-growth and pro-poor. Applying comparative institutional analyses based on the concept of endogenous institutions and institutional changes, and exploring the model of 'development cooperation', the book examines aid effectiveness in a broader context of institution development in the two regions. It offers a new perspective on the institutions-development nexus, alternative to the conventional one with its emphasis of an inevitable institutional convergence to a monolithic universal model. It argues that socially and politically sustainable development involves institutional innovation by developing endogenous institutions, firmly embedded in a local social-political system. The book offers policy lessons from the East Asian experiences with aid-supported infrastructure projects to governments in sub-Saharan Africa, the international aid community, including emerging development partners.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	M. Nissanke • Y. Shimomura
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	261
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-02347-6
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Aid & relief programmes Promotions
LSN:	1-137-02347-3
Barcode:	9781137023476

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