Aid, Institutions and Development New Approaches to Growth, Governance and Poverty
| Author/creator | Chakravarti, Ashok Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, Incorporated |
| Description | 200 p. 09.250 x 06.130 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Summary | Annotation 'This accessible book is a powerful critique of the effectiveness of development aid. It skillfully combines a wealth of practical experience with a thorough examination of recent academic research. It will certainly challenge the defenders of aid to rethink their position for the twenty-first century.' - John Toye, Department of Economics, Oxford, UK 'This is an excellent book; interesting and extremely well written. It offers a masterly survey of existing work in the field and will have a wide appeal amongst policymakers and academic economists with an interest in development.' - A.P. Thirlwall University of Kent, Canterbury, UK 'This book makes a significant contribution by examining an important issue, namely, the effects of foreign aid on development. The author provides an insightful critical review of the relevant academic literature, and presents a careful evaluation of recent foreign aid initiatives and approaches. The reader is struck by the author's painstaking and wide-ranging research on the subject, interspersed with thoughtful comments based on his own experiences. Scholars and practitioners working on development will find much that is insightful, informative, provocative and stimulating.' - Amitava Krishna Dutt, University of Notre Dame, US In spite of massive flows over the past 50 years, aid has failed to have any significant impact on development. Marginalization from the world economy and increases in absolute poverty are causing countries to degenerate into failed states that oppress their own people and become a danger to the rest of the world. To address this malaise, Ashok Chakravarti argues that there should be recognition that economic and political governance are central to developmental outcomes. To achieve good governance, there needs to be a radical restructuring of the international aid architecture, with all donors refocusing their programs to play a more forceful role in the developing world to achieve the necessary political and institutional reform. Only in this way can aid become an effective instrument of growth and poverty reduction in the 21st century. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2004051332 |
| ISBN | 9781845421908 |
| ISBN | 1845421906 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Stock number | 00123902 |