Development Delusions and Contradictions

Development Delusions and Contradictions

An Anatomy of the Foreign Aid Industry

Sims, David

Springer International Publishing AG

12/2022

397

Dura

Inglês

9783031177699

15 a 20 dias

683

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Part I Inside the Donor World.- 1. Background: A Sketch of the Development Industry.- 2. The Imperative to Spend.- 3. Product Development.- 4. Control, Compliance, and More Control.- 5. Procurement.- 6. Numbers, Indicators, and Technical Objectivity.- 7. Chronic Ills of the Industry.- 8. Acts of Congregation.- 9. Texts and Documentation.- 10. Herd Instinct.- 11. Plus Ca Change.- 12. Responses to Covid-19.- Part II: When the West Meets the Rest.- 13. Background: Governments in the Rest.- 14. Donor Overload.- 15. Partnerships?.- 16. Country Ownership.- 17. Pay Scales.- 18. The Rest Strikes Back.- 19. Blind Support for the Private Sector.- 20. Informality.- Part III: Conclusions.- 21. Summing Up.- 22. Peering into the Future.
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Global development gap;Foreign aid;Development funding;International development system;Economic development pathways;Economic power;Aid responses to COVID-19