The Political Economy of Bilateral Aid - Implications for Global Development

This book identifies crucial supply-side nodes of power and influence where feasible and relatively straight-forward 'functional' reforms - strategy, structure, selection, training - would make genuinely developmental results for recipients more likely and enhance donor interests at the same time.

List of contents

About the Author and Collaborators. Preface. List of Acronyms. Introduction. Theoretical Framework. 3. Historical Structural Violence, Donor Strategy, and the 'Ownership' Problem. Critical Interfaces of Bureaucratic Structural Violence: Masters, Messengers and Minions. Development Implications and Aid Reformulations. Conclusion: US Power and Global Development. Index.

About the author

Peter Blunt is Adjunct Professor at the School of Business in the University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia.
Cecilia Escobar holds a PhD and an MPhil in Economics from the University of Athens and a Master in Economic Development from the Carlos III University of Madrid.
Vlassis Missos is Research Fellow at the Centre of Planning and Economic Research, Athens, Greece, and a staff member of the Department of Economics, University of Athens.

Summary

This book identifies crucial supply-side nodes of power and influence where feasible and relatively straight-forward ‘functional’ reforms - strategy, structure, selection, training - would make genuinely developmental results for recipients more likely and enhance donor interests at the same time.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Blunt
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032256429
• ISBN: 978-1-032-25642-9
• No. of pages: 161
• Weight: 320 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, macroeconomics, Economic Geography, Development economics & emerging economies, Economics of specific sectors, Health systems & services, Development economics and emerging economies, Health systems and services