Foreign aid : new perspectives
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. Part I deals with some theoretical aspects of foreign aid, while the second part analyzes some general policy aspects.
Case studies
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I Some Theoretical Aspects of Foreign Aid.- 1 Foreign Aid and Employment Policies in LDCs.- 2 Altruism, Trade Policy, and the Optimality of Foreign Aid.- 3 Foreign Aid and the Welfare Cost of Inflation.- II Foreign Aid, Some General Policy Aspects.- 4 Foreign Aid and Global Environmental Policies.- 5 International Development Assistance and Food Security.- 6 Is There a Link Between Aid and Trade Flows? An Econometric Investigation.- 7 Politicising Development? The Role of Participation in the Activities of Aid Agencies.- 8 Technical Expertise and Indigenization.- III Case Studies: The Donor Experience.- 9 Danish Aid Policy: Theory and Empirical Evidence.- IV Case Studies: The Recipient Experience.- 10 Can Aid Generate Growth in Africa?.- 11 Cost Benefit Analysis of Foreign Aid for a Highly Distorted Economy: The Case of Sudan.- 12 Foreign Assistance and Development in Bangladesh.- 13 Main Phases and Salient Features of Turkish Foreign Aid Experience.- 14 The Macroeconomics of Foreign Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa: Dutch Disease Effects Reconsidered.