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

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.…