Aid and development

Author(s)

• Overton, John (John D.)
• Murray, Warwick E.

Bibliographic Information

Aid and development

John Overton and Warwick E. Murray

（Routledge perspectives on development / series editor, Tony Binns）

Routledge, 2021

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-245) and index

Summary: "This book provides an overview of what aid is, how it has changed over time, and how it is practiced, as well as debates about whether aid works, for whom, and what its future might be. It is an important resource for students, development workers and policy makers seeking an understanding of how aid works. The text shows how 'aid' is a contested and fluid concept that involves a wide and changing variety of policies, actors and impacts. Each chapter includes case studies, chapter summaries, discussions, weblinks and further reading, to help strengthen the reader's understanding"-- Provided by publisher

Contents of Works

• Aid : an introduction
• What is aid?
• Patterns of aid
• Trends in aid
• How is aid delivered?
• Does aid work?
• Conclusions : Futures for aid

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book provides an overview of what aid is, how it has changed over time and how it is practiced, as well as debates about whether aid works, for whom and what its future might be. The text shows how 'aid' is a contested and fluid concept that involves a wide and changing variety of policies, actors and impacts. It equips the reader with an understanding of what aid is, where it comes from and where it goes, how it is delivered and what its impacts are, and whether shortcomings are a result of a fundamental problem with aid, or merely the result of bad practices. It explores the changing political ideologies and conceptions of development that continually reshape how aid is defined, implemented and assessed, and how, despite a global commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals, we are at a point where the very notion of aid is being questioned and its future is uncertain. Each chapter includes case studies, chapter summaries, discussions, weblinks and further reading, to help strengthen the reader's understanding. Aid and Development provides an important resource for students, development workers and policy makers seeking an understanding of how aid works.

Table of Contents

1. Aid: an introduction 2. What is aid? 3. Patterns of aid 4. Trends in aid 5. How is aid delivered? 6. Does aid work? 7. Conclusions: futures for aid

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Details

• NCID: BC0033619X
• ISBN:
  • 9780367414849
• LCCN: 2020016215
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 255 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HC60
  • DC23 : 338.91
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Economic assistance
  • LCSH : Economic assistance -- Evaluation
  • LCSH : Economic assistance -- Case studies
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA64617707