Ideas, Interests and Foreign Aid

ISBN-13: 9781107009745 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 290 str.

A. Maurits Van Der Veen

Opis

Shows how different countries' foreign aid programs are profoundly shaped by their visions of the purpose of aid.

Recenzje

'… a fundamental contribution to the academic debate about foreign aid.' Damiano de Felice, European Journal of Development Research

Spis treści

1. The many uses of foreign aid; 2. One policy, multiple goals: framing and foreign aid; 3. Debates about aid: contents and patterns; 4. Aid frames: origins and evolution; 5. The administration of aid policy; 6. The generosity contest: determinants of aid volume; 7. The popularity contest: selecting the recipients of aid; 8. Conclusion: frames and policy; Appendix A. Legislative debates coded; Appendix B. Debate coding examples; Appendix C. Aid allocation: data and sources.