How the Aid Industry Works: An Introduction to International Development

by Haan,Arjande

• ISBN13: 9781565492882
• ISBN10: 1565492889
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-07-15
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner

Summary

International development is big business. Official global aid flows from North to South are over $100 billion annually. China and India, former aid recipients, are rapidly entering the field as aid providers themselves, and international charity is being redefined with the resources of private donors like the Gates Foundation, for example, outstripping the annual budget of long-time donors like the UK, Canada or the World Health Organization. Lacking in the literature on international development is an introductory text that provides an overview of the practices of the 'œbusiness' of development. How the Aid Industry Worksprovides a basic description of what aid practices are and how they evolved. The arguments of both proponents and opponents of aid are presented and analyzed, along with real-life examples of projects and programs in context. Ideal for undergraduate and graduate students encountering the subject of development for the first time, the book also serves as an overview for development practitioners who want a handy reference covering the universe they inhabit.

Table of Contents

Boxes, Figures, and Tables	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Acronyms	p. xiv
Why Is Aid Contested?	p. 1
The Aid Industry Defined	p. 21
The Evolution in Thinking about Aid and International Development	p. 63
Development Projects: Rationale and Critique	p. 91
Hard-nosed Development: Reforms, Adjustment, Governance	p. 111
Country-led Approaches and Donor Coordination	p. 135
Development's Poor Cousins: Environment, Gender, Participation, and Rights	p. 151
What Works in the Aid Industry? What Doesn't? How Do We Know?	p. 173
Challenges for the Aid Industry in the Twenty-first Century	p. 189
Notes	p. 197
Reference List	p. 207
About the Author	p. 221
Index	p. 223
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