Why We Lie About Aid
Development and the Messy Politics of Change
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Higher Education, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Social Science
| Author: | Pablo Yanguas | ISBN: | 9781783609369 |
| Publisher: | Zed Books | Publication: | February 15, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Zed Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Pablo Yanguas |
| ISBN: | 9781783609369 |
| Publisher: | Zed Books |
| Publication: | February 15, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Zed Books |
| Language: | English |
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Corrects the increasingly polarised debate on aid, which pitches all aid as either being wasted or transformative
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A perfect introduction to the key issues surrounding the politics of foreign aid for students and development practitioners
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Will be controversial within the development community because of its claim that aid is explicitly political
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Author has interviewed informants in both donor and recipient countries and himself acted as a consultant on the ground
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Well-connected author, with a network spanning the World Bank, DFID, USAID, Oxfam, ODI and others
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Corrects the increasingly polarised debate on aid, which pitches all aid as either being wasted or transformative
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A perfect introduction to the key issues surrounding the politics of foreign aid for students and development practitioners
-
Will be controversial within the development community because of its claim that aid is explicitly political
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Author has interviewed informants in both donor and recipient countries and himself acted as a consultant on the ground
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Well-connected author, with a network spanning the World Bank, DFID, USAID, Oxfam, ODI and others
