Probing The Impact of Development Aid on Human Rights in Africa | Focus on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Case Study of Ghana

Prize F. Y. McApreko

ISBN 10: 3844325735 / ISBN 13: 9783844325737

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

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Probing The Impact of Development Aid on Human Rights in Africa | Focus on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Case Study of Ghana | Prize F. Y. McApreko | Taschenbuch | 136 S. | Englisch | 2011 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783844325737 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Probing The Impact of Development Aid on Human Rights in Africa | Focus on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Case Study of Ghana
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3844325735
• ISBN 13: 9783844325737
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 9D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 221 grams
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Synopsis

It is over 50 years since International Aid started gushing into Africa under the tutelage of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Several Billions of dollars have since been invested in Africa under varied nomenclature, but why is Africa still wobbling under the albatross of underdevelopment and financial burdens? Was the September, 2009 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative a patent tribute to the failure of development aid? Whose interest does development aid serve? Will the trumpeted MDGs provide the panacea? What is Africa's way out? Challenged by such provocative concerns, Prize McApreko confronts development aid, and walks the path less walked to probe the impact of current IMF/WB development aid models and their conditionalities/policies on the Human Rights of beneficiary countries. Using Ghana as a case study, and providing alternative tools for appreciating development aid, this book targets scholars, politico-socio-economic analysts, researchers and all those interested in social development dynamics.This book does not denounce development aid but questions the models and conditionalities that characterize contemporary development aid.

About the Author

Prize McApreko is a Peace and Human Rights activist & lecturer in communications. He earned an M.Phil degree in Peace, Conflict and Development Studies at the UNESCO Chair of Philosophy for Peace in the Kingdom of Spain. He is currently conducting Doctoral researh on 'Exploring Human Rights as a Tool for Securing Peace and Development in Africa.