Conflict, Political Accountability and Aid

Informationen zum Autor Paul Collier is Professor of Economics at Oxford University. He is the author of The Bottom Billion , winner of the Arthur Ross Book Award and Lionel Gelber Prize. Zusammenfassung Paul Collier’s contributions to development economics,and in regard to Africa in particular, have marked him out as one of the most influential commentators of recent times. This collection of his major writings, accompanied by a new introduction, provide the definitive account of a wide range of macroeconomic, microeconomic and political economy topics concerned with Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART 1: VIOLENT CONFLICT Causes 1. Greed and Grievance in Civil War Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler 2. Beyond Greed and Grievance: Feasability and Civil War Paul Collier, Anke Hoeffler and Dominic Rohner Duration 3. On the Duration of Civil War Paul Collier, Anke Hoeffler and Mans Soderbom Post Conflict 4. Post-Conflict Risks Paul Collier, Anke Hoeffler and Mans Soderbom 5. Military Expendature in Post-Conflict Societies Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler 6. Aid, Policy and Growth in Post-Conflict Countries Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler 7. Post-Conflict Monetary Reconstruction Christopher Adam, Paul Collier and Victor Davies Costs 8. On Economic Causes of Civil War Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler 9. Unintended Consequences: Does Aid Promote Arms Races? Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler PART II: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEMOCRACY 10. Democracy, Development, and Conflict Paul Collier and Dominic Rohner 11. Testing the Neocon Agenda: Democracy in Resource-Rich Societies Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler 12. Elections and Economic Policy in Developing Countries Paul Collier and Lisa Chauvet 13. Aid Allocation and Poverty Reduction Paul Collier and David Dollar 14. The Complentarities of Poverty Reduction, Equality, and Growth: A Perspective on the World Development Report 2006 Economic Development and Cultural Change 15. Does Aid Mitigate External Shocks? Paul Collier and Benedikt Goderis 16. Rethinking Trade Preferences: How Africa Can Diversify its Exports Paul Collier and Anthony Venables ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Paul Collier, Paul (Oxford University Collier, Collier Paul
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 08.10.2010
• EAN: 9780415587310
• ISBN: 978-0-415-58731-0
• Seiten: 408
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Internationale Wirtschaft; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Politics & government, International Economics, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade