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Why We Lie about Aid: Development and the Messy Politics of Change
Pablo Yanguas
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Description for Why We Lie about Aid: Development and the Messy Politics of Change
Paperback. An urgent and necessary account of what we really talk about when we talk about aid - and how that needs to change. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; JKSR; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Foreign aid is about charity. International development is about technical fixes. At least that is what we, as donor publics, are constantly told. The result is a highly dysfunctional aid system which mistakes short-term results for long-term transformation and gets attacked across the political spectrum, with the right claiming we spend too much, and the left that we don't spend enough. The reality, as Yanguas argues in this highly provocative book, is that aid isn't - or at least shouldn't be - about levels of spending, nor interventions shackled to vague ... Read more
Foreign aid is about charity. International development is about technical fixes. At least that is what we, as donor publics, are constantly told. The result is a highly dysfunctional aid system which mistakes short-term results for long-term transformation and gets attacked across the political spectrum, with the right claiming we spend too much, and the left that we don't spend enough. The reality, as Yanguas argues in this highly provocative book, is that aid isn't - or at least shouldn't be - about levels of spending, nor interventions shackled to vague ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783609338
SKU
V9781783609338
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About Pablo Yanguas
Pablo Yanguas is a research fellow with the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre (ESID) at the University of Manchester.
Reviews for Why We Lie about Aid: Development and the Messy Politics of Change
`One of the most exciting books about development aid in many years: original and timely, closely argued and evidenced, and beautifully written.' David Booth, Overseas Development Institute `Elegantly written and passionately argued, Yanguas has provided us with an authoritative guide to current debates within the aid business, and, more importantly, ... Read more