Does Foreign Aid Really Work?
Roger C. Riddell
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Paperback. Provided for over 60 years, and expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation, foreign aid is now a $100bn business. But does it work? Indeed, is it needed at all? In this first-ever, overall assessment of aid, Roger Riddell provides a rigorous but highly readable account of aid, warts and all. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GTF; JKSR; JPS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 808.
Foreign aid is now a $100bn business and is expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation. But does it work? Indeed, is it needed at all? Other attempts to answer these important questions have been dominated by a focus on the impact of official aid provided by governments. But today possibly as much as 30 percent of aid is provided by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and over 10 percent is provided as emergency assistance. In this first-ever attempt to provide an overall assessment of aid, Roger Riddell presents a rigorous but highly readable account ... Read more
Foreign aid is now a $100bn business and is expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation. But does it work? Indeed, is it needed at all? Other attempts to answer these important questions have been dominated by a focus on the impact of official aid provided by governments. But today possibly as much as 30 percent of aid is provided by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and over 10 percent is provided as emergency assistance. In this first-ever attempt to provide an overall assessment of aid, Roger Riddell presents a rigorous but highly readable account ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
Number of Pages
536
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199544462
SKU
V9780199544462
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99-1
About Roger C. Riddell
Roger Riddell is a Non-Executive Director of Oxford Policy Management and a Principle of The Policy Practice. He was Chair of the first Presidential Economic Commission of Independent Zimbabwe in 1980, and Chief Economist of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries from 1981-83. From 1984 to 1998, he was a senior Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, London and for ... Read more
Reviews for Does Foreign Aid Really Work?
'...[an] excellent and significant book...'
Alex De Waal, Times Literary Supplement
'...essential reading for anyone interested in the subject of aid and wishing to be informed about the issues involved.'
Nigel Grimwade, Times Higher Education Supplement
'Roger Riddell's text provides the single best introduction to the history and range of contemporary debates associated with foreign aid, ... Read more
Alex De Waal, Times Literary Supplement
'...essential reading for anyone interested in the subject of aid and wishing to be informed about the issues involved.'
Nigel Grimwade, Times Higher Education Supplement
'Roger Riddell's text provides the single best introduction to the history and range of contemporary debates associated with foreign aid, ... Read more