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Political economy and the aid industry in Asia /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Political economy and the aid industry in Asia /Jane Hutchison, Wil Hout, Caroline Hughes and Richard Robison.
Author:	Hutchison, Jane,
other author:	Hout, Wil,
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 188 pages) :illustrations
Subject:	Economic history.
Subject:	AsiaCommercial policy.
Online resource:	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137303615
ISBN:	1137303611 (electronic bk.)

Political economy and the aid industry in Asia /
Hutchison, Jane,1954-

Political economy and the aid industry in Asia /Jane Hutchison, Wil Hout, Caroline Hughes and Richard Robison. - 1 online resource (xii, 188 pages) :illustrations - Critical studies of the Asia-Pacific. - Critical studies of the Asia Pacific series..

1. Introduction -- PART I: DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND THE REALITY OF POLITICS -- 2. Realities of Political Economy: The Elephant in the Room -- 3. Development Agencies and the Political Economy Turn -- 4. Development as Collective Action Problems -- PART II: APPLYING STRUCTURAL POLITICAL ECONOMY -- 5. Understanding the Development Problem -- 6. Analysing Reform and Reformers -- 7. Working Politically: Understanding Alliances -- 8. Conclusion: The Road to Nowhere?.

The international aid industry's experimentation with political economy analysis is on the road to nowhere, so long as major assumptions remain unchallenged; namely, that development is a public good and reform comes from experts and enlightened reformers working in partnership on new institutions, whilst development failures are the result of information failures or perverse incentives, as collective action problems. This book provocatively argues that donor efforts to think and work more politically have not adequately addressed, to date, the structural dimensions of power and interests and the political economy of the aid industry itself. The authors address these 'elephants in the room' via a lively critique of technical and agency-focused political economy approaches and the sustained application of an original typology for evaluating the commitments of reform actors and strength of their alliances with donors. Highlighting the need for donors to engage more tactically and opportunistically to achieve incremental improvements in the lives of the poor, this book will be a valuable resource for development practitioners and scholars of international political economy and international development.

ISBN: 1137303611 (electronic bk.)

Source: 656058Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

177012
Economic history.
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

383150
Asia
--Commercial policy.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HC412

Dewey Class. No.: 330.95

Political economy and the aid industry in Asia /
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