Aiding Recovery: The Crisis of Aid in Chronic Political Emergencies - Hardcover

Macrae, Joanna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1856499405 ISBN 13: 9781856499408

Publisher: Zed Books, 2001

Synopsis

In this important study of aid policy, Joanna Macrae argues that the disintegration of state authority and civil order has created acute problems in precisely those countries that need aid most. In a number of developing countries--including Cambodia, Uganda, and Kosovo--international aid no longer assumes the existence of stable, sovereign states capable of making policy. Instead, the major donor agencies have usually responded by suspending development aid and substituting some type of emergency aid or relief assistance. Now, as she shows, there are calls to make relief more development-oriented, and more focused on the underlying conflicts which cause these crises.

About this title

About the Author

Joanna Macrae is a Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute.

Review

“A sobering reassessment of the role and impact of aid in unstable states.” —Jeff Crisp. Head of Evaluation and Policy Analysis, United Nations High Commisioner for Refugees

“An important book that promises to inform thinking and action.” —Shepard Forman, Director of the Center on International Cooperation

Edition details

• Publisher: Zed Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1856499405
• ISBN 13: 9781856499408
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 208