How the aid industry works: an introduction to international development
By: By Arjan de Haan.
Publisher: Kumarian Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sterling, Va
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781565492875; 9781565492882
Subjects: International economic relations; Economic assistance -- Developing countries; Economic assistance -- International cooperation; Development economics; Developing countries -- Foreign economic relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why is aid contested?; title: The aid industry defined; title: How the thinking about aid and international development has evolved; title: Development projects: rationale and critique; title: Hard-nosed development: reforms, adjustment, governance; title: Country-led approaches and donor coordination: can the aid industry let go?; title: Development's poor cousins: environment, gender, participation, rights; title: How does the industry knows what works and what doesn't; title: Challenges for the 21st century.