Foreign Aid and Its Unintended Consequences

Foreign aid and international development frequently bring with it a range of unintended consequences. Providing a clear overview of what side effects to anticipate when planning, executing, and evaluating aid, this book will be an important resource for students, development practitioners, and policymakers alike.

List of contents

1. Introduction: understanding the unintended consequences of international development 2. For those who love theory: explaining unintended effects with complexity theory and bounded policy learning 3. Backlash effects: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction 4. Conflict effects: fighting over and with aid 5. Migration and resettlement effects: aid-induced displacement 6. Price effects: when aid drives prices up (or down) 7. Marginalization effects: can aid unintentionally increase inequality? 8. Behavioural effects: expect the unexpected! 9. Negative spillover effects: look beyond your own targets 10. Governance effects: international development and the social contract, uneasy bedfellows 11. Environmental effects: uneasy trade-offs between ecology and development 12. Ripple effects: the underestimation of positive effects of international development efforts 13. Conclusion: 'It's the complexity, stupid'

About the author

Dirk-Jan Koch is Chief Science Officer of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and is Special Professor of International Trade & Development Cooperation at Radboud University, the Netherlands. Views expressed in this book do not represent the official views of these institutions.

Summary

Foreign aid and international development frequently bring with it a range of unintended consequences. Providing a clear overview of what side effects to anticipate when planning, executing, and evaluating aid, this book will be an important resource for students, development practitioners, and policymakers alike.

Product details

• Authors: Dirk-Jan Koch, Koch Dirk-Jan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.09.2023
• EAN: 9781032412146
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3241214-6
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Rethinking Development
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intergovernmental Organizations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, International Relations, Development Studies, Armed Conflict, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade