The Future Of Western Development Assistance - Couverture souple

Morss, Elliott R; Morss, Victoria A

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0367307871 ISBN 13 : 9780367307875

Editeur : Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

Since the inception of Western development assistance, significant changes in the makeup of donors, recipients, development goals, and strategies have taken place. However, major donor institutions have not yet weighed the impact of these changes on their operations and objectives in anticipation of the future global environment. Discussing trends that will profoundly affect development assistance strategy, the authors raise such questions as: Will the demand for Western technical assistance drop sharply over the next decade? Was the Latin American debt crisis precipitated by the loan practices of international commercial banks? Should aid to Africa be shifted from investment in rural desert areas to investment in urban planning and infrastructure? Also examined are such concerns as the outside management of agricultural research; the U.S. focus on purchasing political allegiance with its aid programs, thus creating dependent nations; the threat to East Asian economic growth posed by the micro-electronics revolution; and the growing conflict between western aid and trade objectives. The authors' purpose is not to provide definitive prescriptions for future development programs, but rather to focus the attention of policymakers on important, but often neglected, issues.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

"Elliott R. Morss is associate director of the Center for Asian Development Studies and adjunct professor of economics, Boston University.
Victoria A. Morss is a consultant for a number of bilateral and multilateral donor agencies."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0367307871
• ISBN 13: 9780367307875
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 130
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• Personne responsable: non disponible