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Global Issues Ser.: Give and Take : What's the Matter with Foreign Aid by David Sogge (2002, Trade Paperback)
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This book, titled "Give and Take: What's the Matter with Foreign Aid" by David Sogge, is a great resource for those interested in globalization and its impact on foreign aid. With a publication year of 2002 and a total of 256 pages, this trade paperback is a part of the Global Issues Ser.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherZED Books, The Limited
ISBN-101842770691
ISBN-139781842770696
eBay Product ID (ePID)2202967
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
Publication NameGive and Take : What's the Matter with Foreign Aid
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPoverty & Homelessness, International Relations / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy
Publication Year2002
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science
AuthorDavid Sogge
SeriesGlobal Issues Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight9 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2002-023464
Reviews'Give and Take should be the primer on the aid industry. David Sogge makes clear why aid, in its present incarnation, will never help the poor.' - Joe Hanlon, writer'Little has been written on aid other than the usual uncritical reports of donor agencies. In this important book David Sogge suggests the principles that should govern a very different pattern of globalization, one based on democracy and equal relations between Third World and donor countries - a far cry indeed from the present situation.' - Samir Amin'David Sogge takes us up and down the "aid chain" and through the chequered history of foreign assistance. Impressively researched and reasoned, "Give and Take" leaves no doubt that calls for greater aid are pure folly until today's "market fundamentalism" and other donor agendas are rejected and systems of accountability to the poor we claim to assist are established.' - Doug Hellinger, Executive Director, The Development Group for Alternative Policies'Highly critical of the way foreign aid has worked in practice, this ambitious book also outlines some core principles which could lead to aid making a positive difference for poor people.' - Roger Riddell, Christian Aid, "David Sogge takes us up and down the "aid chain" and through the chequered history of foreign assistance. Impressively researched and reasoned, "Give and Take" leaves no doubt that calls for greater aid are pure folly until today's "market fundamentalism" and other donor agendas are rejected and systems of accountability to the poor we claim to assist are established." -- Doug Hellinger, executive director, The Development Group for Alternative Policies "Give and Take should be the primer on the aid industry. David Sogge makes clear why aid, in its present incarnation, will never help the poor." -- Joe Hanlon, writer "Highly critical of the way foreign aid has worked in practice, this ambitious book also outlines some core principles which could lead to aid making a positive difference for poor people." -- Roger Riddell, Christian Aid "Little has been written on aid other than the usual uncritical reports of donor agencies. In this important book David Sogge suggests the principles that should govern a very different pattern of globalization, one based on democracy and equal relations between Third World and donor countries - a far cry indeed from the present situation." -- Samir Amin
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal338.91091724
Table Of ContentForward & Acknowledgements Prologue: Tale of Two Foreign Aid Initiatives 1. Foreign Aid: A Problem Posing as a Solution? 2. Who Aids Whom? 3. The Aid Regime 4. Aid Chains 5. Toward the Receiving End 6. Democratic Deficits 7. Money Talks 8. Outcomes 9. End of the Beginning, or Beginning of the End? Appendices: A. Major Donors' Top Five Recipients B. Five Decades of Foreign Aid: Political & Economic Highlights C. Intensity of ODA over Three Decades D. The Debt E. Sources of Information and Debate
SynopsisForeign aid is a global endeavour with a huge turnover. But it is a troubled industry with few successes to its name, yet expected to respond to new and very complex problems. Can it do so? Supposed to be benign and selfless, it often harms more than it helps, and benefits givers more than receivers. Can it stop doing so? Can we create a system of genuine help -- democratic in its execution, effective in its impact, adequate in scale, just in its consequences? Give and Take grasps these questions.Foreign aid is an issue that concerns us all, financially and morally. This thoughtful book argues that aid must be made less of a problem, more of a solution., Foreign aid is a global endeavour with a huge turnover. But it is a troubled industry with few successes to its name, yet expected to respond to new and very complex problems. Can it do so? Supposed to be benign and selfless, it often harms more than it helps, and benefits givers more than receivers. Can it stop doing so? Can we create a system of genuine help -- democratic in its execution, effective in its impact, adequate in scale, just in its consequences? Give and Take grasps these questions. Foreign aid is an issue that concerns us all, financially and morally. This thoughtful book argues that aid must be made less of a problem, more of a solution.
LC Classification NumberHC60.S6347 2002
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