Aid and Development
Research output: Working paper › Research
Documents
- 0612
Final published version, 685 KB, PDF document
Foreign aid looms large in the public discourse; and international development assistance remains squarely on most policy agendas concerned with growth, poverty and inequality in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world. The present review takes a retrospective look at how foreign aid has evolved since World War II in response to a dramatically changing global political and economic context. I review the aid process and associated trends in the volume and distribution of aid and categorize some of the key goals, principles and institutions of the aid system. The evidence on whether aid has been effective in furthering economic growth and development is discussed in some detail. I add perspective and identify some critical unresolved issues. I finally turn to the current development debate and discuss some key concerns, which I believe should be kept in mind in formulating any agenda for aid in the future
Original language | English |
---|---|
Publisher | Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen |
Number of pages | 30 |
Publication status | Published - 2006 |
- Faculty of Social Sciences - foreign aid, aid impact
Research areas
Number of downloads are based on statistics from Google Scholar and www.ku.dk
No data available
ID: 312591