Smart Aid For African Development

by Joseph, Richard; Gillies, Alexandra

• ISBN13: 9781588266064
• ISBN10: 1588266060
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-15
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner

Summary

Despite hundreds of billions of dollars spent on foreign aid to sub-Saharan Africa, a sure path to growth and development has not yet been found¿and each new heralded approach has crumbled amid regrets and recriminations. The authors of Smart Aid for African Development provide critical assessments of the main components of foreign assistance, considering how smarter use can be made of available resources to advance growth and democracy, rebuild war-torn societies, and reduce the crippling poverty that underlies many of the continent¿s fierce conflicts.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Smart Aid: The Search for Transformative Strategies	p. 1
Donors and the Delivery of Aid
More Aid or Smarter Aid? Donors, Governance, and Accountability	p. 17
How Smart Are Aid Donors? The Case of the United States	p. 31
The Commission for Africa: Assessing the Approach	p. 49
Evaluating Strategies for Aid and Debt Relief
Rethinking Budget Support for Africa: A Political Economy Perspective	p. 67
The Search for Smart Debt Relief: Questions of When and How Much	p. 87
Donor Policies in Practice: The Challenges of Poverty Reduction and Aid Effectiveness	p. 103
Economic Reforms and Development Assistance in Postconflict Liberia	p. 121
The Challenges of Promoting Good Governance and Democracy
Rethinking Anticorruption Efforts in Liberia	p. 147
Beyond the Political Economy of Corruption: The Kenyan Challenge	p. 163
Voters But Not Yet Citizens: Democratization and Development Aid	p. 181
Democratizing Donor-Civil Society Relations: Evidence from Governance Programs in Nigeria	p. 207
Africa After Gleneagles: Overcoming Misrule and Stalled Development	p. 229
Conclusion
Aid, Transformation, and Growth in Africa	p. 255
List of Acronyms	p. 263
References	p. 267
The Contributors	p. 283
Index	p. 287
About the Book	p. 306
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