Foreign Aid: New Perspectives

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K. L. Gupta
Springer Science & Business Media, 1999 M03 31 - 278 pages
Foreign aid has been an area of active scholarly investigation since the end of the Second World War, but particularly since the early 1950s when a large number of the erstwhile colonies became independent. Few areas of public policy involving the developed and developing countries have aroused more passion and ideological debate than foreign aid.
In spite of the massive amount of research in the field, there is still not enough work in two areas: the first involves the mechanisms through which aid influences the economies of the donor and the recipient countries; and the second, country-specific assessments of the effectiveness of foreign aid. Foreign Aid: New Perspectives is aimed at making a contribution in these two areas.
The contents of this volume are divided into four parts. Part I deals with some theoretical aspects of foreign aid, while the second part analyzes some general policy aspects. Part III turns to the donor experience and includes one paper on the Danish experience. The last part considers the recipient experience and consists of five case studies.

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Contents

FOREIGN AID AND EMPLOYMENT POLICIES IN LDCS
1
ALTRUISM TRADE POLICY AND THE OPTIMALITY OF FOREIGN AID
21
FOREIGN AID AND THE WELFARE COST OF INFLATION
37
Foreign Aid Some General Policy Aspects
49
FOREIGN AID AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
51
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND FOOD SECURITY
67
IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN AID AND TRADE FLOWS? An Econometric Investigation
85
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN AID FOR A HIGHLY DISTORTED ECONOMY The Case of Sudan
190
THE MACROECONOMICS OF FOREIGN AID IN SUBSAHARAN AFRICA Dutch Disease Effects Reconsidered
254
INDEX
274
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