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Assessing aid: what works, what doesn't ..., World Bank
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Item specifics
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- Book Title
- Assessing aid: what works, what doesn't and why (World Bank po...
- ISBN
- 0195211235
- EAN
- 9780195211238
- Release Title
- Assessing aid: what works, what doesn't and why (World Bank po...
- Artist
- World Bank
- Brand
- N/A
- Colour
- N/A
- Subject Area
- Political Science, Business & Economics
- Publication Name
- A World Bank Policy Research Report: Assessing Aid : What Works, What Doesn't and Why
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Subject
- Economics / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4 in
- Item Weight
- 10.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 7.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195211235
ISBN-13
9780195211238
eBay Product ID (ePID)
406356
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
A World Bank Policy Research Report: Assessing Aid : What Works, What Doesn't and Why
Subject
Economics / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
98-033286
Illustrated
Yes
Synopsis
While there has been more progress with poverty reduction in the past fifty years than in any comparable period of human history, poverty remains a severe global problem. Assessing Aid determines that the effectiveness of aid is not the amount received but rather the institutional and policy environment into which it is accepted. It examines how development assistance can be more effective at reducing global poverty and gives five main recommendations for making aid more effective: targeting financial aid to poor countries with good policies and strong economic management; providing policy-based aid to demonstrated reformers; using simpler instruments to transfer resources to countries with sound management; focusing projects on creating and transmitting knowledge and capacity; and rethinking the internal incentives of aid agencies., In different times and places, foreign aid has been highly effective, totally ineffective, and everything in between. It assisted growth in the Republic of Korea and Botswana in the 1960s, Bolivia and Ghana in the late 1980s, and Uganda and Vietnam in the 1990s. It still plays a critical role in supporting institutional and policy reform in developing countries, which is crucial for alleviating poverty. However, foreign aid has also failed spectacularly. Incompetence, corruption, and misguided policies persisted for many years in the former Zaire, for example, where there was a steady flow of aid. And in Tanzania, despite $2 billion in aid over twenty years, lack of provision for maintaining roads meant the roads often deteriorated faster than they could be built. 'Assessing Aid' includes important research such as: - analyzing aid's nonfinancial role--its impact as a transfer of technology or ideas; - investigating how foreign aid is declining sharply at a time when reforms in developing countries have made it most effective; - examining whether foreign aid is 'fungible'; - documenting that effective assistance demands that donors be selective, innovative, coordinated, and self-critical; - examining the overall effect of assistance on the countries' per capita income growth. Foreign aid has proved to be effective in increasing the rate of growth, reducing the poverty level, and lowering infant mortality rates in many countries. Yet more than 1 billion people still live in extreme poverty on less than $1 per day. Properly managed foreign aid can make a big contribution to improving the lives of millions. 'Assessing Aid' sets the pace for improving the effectiveness of foreign aid in promoting growth and reducing poverty worldwide., Foreign aid has proved to be effective in increasing the rate of growth, reducing poverty, and lowering infant mortality rates. Properly managed foreign aid can make a big contribution to improving the lives of millions. This book sets the pace for improv, Assessing Aid determines that the effectiveness of aid is not decided by the amount received but rather the institutional and policy environment into which it is accepted. It examines how development assistance can be more effective at reducing global poverty and gives five main recommendations for making aid more effective: targeting financial aid to poor countries with good policies and strong economic management; providing policy-based aid to demonstrated reformers; using simpler instruments to transfer resources to countries with sound management; focusing projects on creating and transmitting knowledge and capacity; and rethinking the internal incentives of aid agencies.
LC Classification Number
HC60.A836 1998
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- t***2 (163)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThis was a paperback/softcover 29 year old book I purchased in very good condition as described. However it was delivered in a plain white plastic envelope. They should have at least used a bubble pack lined shipping envelope for protection of the item inside. They should re-think their shipping & packaging strategies, especially with much much older delicate items. Other wise no problems whatsoever with seller. Recommended seller. A+