Foreign aid for development : issues, challenges, and the new agenda (UNU-Wider studies in development economics)

edited by George Mavrotas

ISBN 10: 0199580936 / ISBN 13: 9780199580934

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010

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A study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER). Foreign aid is one of the few topics in the development discourse with such an uninterrupted, yet volatile history in terms of interest and attention from academics, policymakers, and practitioners alike. Does aid work in promoting growth and reducing poverty in the developing world? Will a new 'big push' approach accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals or will another opportunity be missed? Can the lessons of almost half a century of aid giving be learnt? Contents: pt. 1. Foreign aid for development -- pt. 2. Enhancing aid effectiveness -- pt. 3. Aid to fragile and conflict-affected countries -- pt. 4. Aid modalities -- pt. 5. Managing aid flows. xxvi, 366 p. ; 24 cm. Black cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to edges, bookplate of one of the authors front free endpaper, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Foreign aid for development : issues, challenges, and the new agenda (UNU-Wider studies in development economics)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199580936
• ISBN 13: 9780199580934
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

An edited collection on foreign aid that addresses important aid questions, and reviews the shifting aid landscape in light of the recent global financial crisis. The volume reviews the progress achieved so far, identifies the challenges ahead, and discusses the emerging policy agenda in foreign aid.

About the Author

George Mavrotas is the Chief Economist of the Global Development Network (GDN), formerly a Fellow and Project Director at UNU-WIDER and, prior to that, in the Economics Faculties of the Universities of Oxford and Manchester. He is also a Visiting Professor at CERDI, University of Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand, France. He is the author and co-author of more than 100 publications, including papers in leading peer-reviewed journals, chapters in edited volumes and books on a broad range of development issues. His publcations include Commodity Supply Management by Producing Countries (OUP); Advancing Development: Core Themes in Global Economics (Palgrave Macmillan) and Development Aid: A Fresh Look (Palgrave Macmillan). He holds a PhD in Economics (DPhil) from Oxford.