Aid and Influence - Do Donors Help or Hinder? (Paperback, New title)

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.

General

Imprint:	Earthscan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Stephen Browne
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	172
Edition:	New title
ISBN-13:	978-1-84407-202-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Aid & relief programmes Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Political control & influence > General
LSN:	1-84407-202-9
Barcode:	9781844072026

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