Foreign Aid - Policy and Practice

Foreign Aid: Policy and Practice offers a complete overview of the basics of foreign aid. Who is it for? Who pays for it? Why does it exist? What is it spent on? How much is it? And most important, does it work?

List of contents

Part I The Basics of Foreign Aid 1. Introduction 2. Setting the Context 3. The Main Actors: Recipients and Donors 4. How Aid Works Part II Effective Aid: Debates and Trends 5. Judging Donors’ Performance 6.: The Great Aid Effectiveness Debate 7. Opening the "Black Box" of Aid Effectiveness 8. The Rocky Road Towards Aid Effectiveness 9. Summing Up and Looking Ahead

About the author

Phyllis R. Pomerantz is Professor Emerita of the Practice of Public Policy at the Duke Center for International Development, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, USA, where she has taught graduate students for over 15 years. Before this, she had a long career at the World Bank, including managerial appointments in agriculture, rural development, and infrastructure, and as a country director and the World Bank’s first Chief Learning Officer.

Summary

Foreign Aid: Policy and Practice offers a complete overview of the basics of foreign aid. Who is it for? Who pays for it? Why does it exist? What is it spent on? How much is it? And most important, does it work?

Product details

• Authors: Phyllis Pomerantz, Phyllis R. Pomerantz, Phyllis R. (Sanford School of Public Po Pomerantz, Pomerantz Phyllis R.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.2023
• EAN: 9781032208060
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3220806-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intergovernmental Organizations, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, International Relations, Aid & relief programmes, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Development Studies, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Aid and relief programmes