Development Delusions and Contradictions

An Anatomy of the Foreign Aid Industry

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Sims, David

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397 Seiten

Englisch

Springererschienen am13.12.20231st ed. 2023

With a particular focus on Egypt, radical questions are posed on how global aid and development can be improved, including how it can respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.This book aims to present an alternative aid framework to help overcome the dysfunctionality of the current international development system.mehr

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KlappentextWith a particular focus on Egypt, radical questions are posed on how global aid and development can be improved, including how it can respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.This book aims to present an alternative aid framework to help overcome the dysfunctionality of the current international development system.

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ISBN/GTIN978-3-031-17772-9

ProduktartBuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

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Springer

Erscheinungsjahr2023

Erscheinungsdatum13.12.2023

Auflage1st ed. 2023

Seiten397 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

IllustrationenXXVIII, 397 p.

Artikel-Nr.55680896

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GenreWirtschaft

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Part I Inside the Donor World.- 1. Background: A Sketch of the Development Industry.- 2. The Imperative to Spend.- 3. Product Development.- 4. Control, Compliance, and More Control.- 5. Procurement.- 6. Numbers, Indicators, and Technical Objectivity.- 7. Chronic Ills of the Industry.- 8. Acts of Congregation.- 9. Texts and Documentation.- 10. Herd Instinct.- 11. Plus Ça Change.- 12. Responses to Covid-19.- Part II: When the West Meets the Rest.- 13. Background: Governments in the Rest.- 14. Donor Overload.- 15. Partnerships?.- 16. Country Ownership.- 17. Pay Scales.- 18. The Rest Strikes Back.- 19. Blind Support for the Private Sector.- 20. Informality.- Part III: Conclusions.- 21. Summing Up.- 22. Peering into the Future.mehr