Title: Aid to Africa
First published: 1999
Description: Why, despite decades of high levels of foreign aid, has development been so disappointing in most of Sub-Saharan Africa, leading to rising numbers of poor and fueling political instabilities? While not ignoring the culpability of Africans in these problems, Carol Lancaster finds that much of the responsibility is in the hands of the governments and international aid agencies that provide assistance to the region. The first examination of its kind, Aid to Africa investigates the impact of bureaucratic politics, special interest groups, and public opinion in aid-giving countries and agencies. She finds that aid agencies in Africa often misdiagnosed problems, had difficulty designing appropriate programs that addressed the local political environment, and failed to coordinate their efforts effectively. This balanced but tough-minded analysis does not reject the potential usefulness of foreign aid but does offer recommendations for fundamental changes in how governments and multilateral aid agencies can operate more effectively.--Publisher description.
Subjects: Economic assistance, International relief, Economic conditions, Economic policy, Evaluation, Pays développés, Secours international, Ontwikkelingssamenwerking, Conditions économiques, Evaluation de l'aide, Pays en développement, Aide économique, Entwicklungshilfe, Évaluation, Aide au développement, Politique économique, Economic history, Economic assistance, africa, Africa, economic conditions, Africa, economic policy, Africa, politics and government
Places: Africa
Time periods: 1960-
LC classification: HV640.4.A35 L36 1999