Development delusions and contradictions : an anatomy of the foreign aid industry

Development delusions and contradictions : an anatomy of the foreign aid industry / David Sims.

This book analyses the shortcomings of the Western development aid programme. Through exploring the evolution of aid over more than seven decades, development is examined as an industry with a variety of motives and actors. The driving forces and dynamics in the relationship between aid and economic...

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Main Author: Sims, David E., 1946- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Subjects:
Economic assistance > Western countries.
Economic assistance > Egypt.
Economic development > Egypt > International cooperation.
Development economics
Economic policy
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I Inside the Donor World
  • 1. Background: A Sketch of the Development Industry
  • 2. The Imperative to Spend
  • 3. Product Development
  • 4. Control, Compliance, and More Control
  • 5. Procurement
  • 6. Numbers, Indicators, and Technical Objectivity
  • 7. Chronic Ills of the Industry
  • 8. Acts of Congregation
  • 9. Texts and Documentation
  • 10. Herd Instinct
  • 11. Plus Ca Change
  • 12. Responses to Covid-19
  • Part II: When the West Meets the Rest
  • 13. Background: Governments in the Rest
  • 14. Donor Overload
  • 15. Partnerships?
  • 16. Country Ownership
  • 17. Pay Scales
  • 18. The Rest Strikes Back
  • 19. Blind Support for the Private Sector
  • 20. Informality
  • Part III: Conclusions
  • 21. Summing Up
  • 22. Peering into the Future.

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