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Western Aid at a Crossroads: The End of Paternalism
Eggen, Øyvind, Roland, Kjell
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Hardcover. Poor countries do not need Western guidance, but can make good use of Western resources. Eggen and Roland demonstrate how aid must be re-invented to become relevant to future development. Num Pages: 124 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JFFA; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
The new growth patterns and shifting wealth in the world economy fundamentally alter the basis for Western aid. This book demonstrates how Western development aid has been transformed over time, in particular in the 1990s, when the West enjoyed world hegemony. Western aid, once a helping hand to other countries' development strategies, has increasingly been seen as a tool for large-scale attempts to transform states, societies and minds according to Western models. The authors claim that this has made aid more complex and less useful to poor countries in their fight against poverty. Emerging economies, such as China, ... Read more
The new growth patterns and shifting wealth in the world economy fundamentally alter the basis for Western aid. This book demonstrates how Western development aid has been transformed over time, in particular in the 1990s, when the West enjoyed world hegemony. Western aid, once a helping hand to other countries' development strategies, has increasingly been seen as a tool for large-scale attempts to transform states, societies and minds according to Western models. The authors claim that this has made aid more complex and less useful to poor countries in their fight against poverty. Emerging economies, such as China, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
Number of Pages
124
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137380319
SKU
V9781137380319
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Ref
99-15
About Eggen, Øyvind, Roland, Kjell
Øyvind Eggen is the Policy Director for Evaluation at the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). He holds a PhD in Development Studies and was previously Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International A airs (NUPI) and International Law and Policy Institute (ILPI), where he specialized in the effects of foreign aid. Kjell Roland is CEO of the ... Read more
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