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Development delusions and contradictionsan anatomy of the foreign aid industry /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Development delusions and contradictionsby David Sims.
Reminder of title:	an anatomy of the foreign aid industry /
Author:	Sims, David E.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2023.
Description:	xxviii, 397 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Economic assistanceWestern countries.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17770-5
ISBN:	9783031177705$q(electronic bk.)

Development delusions and contradictionsan anatomy of the foreign aid industry /
Sims, David E.

Development delusions and contradictionsan anatomy of the foreign aid industry /[electronic resource] :by David Sims. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2023. - xxviii, 397 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

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 Ça 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.

This book analyses the shortcomings of the Western development aid programme. Through exploring the evolution of aid over more than seven decades, development is examined as an industry with a variety of motives and actors. The driving forces and dynamics in the relationship between aid and economic development are highlighted in relation to faulty development structures and misaligned aims. With a particular focus on Egypt, radical questions are posed on how global aid and development can be improved, including how it can respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This book aims to present an alternative aid framework to help overcome the dysfunctionality of the current international development system. It will be of interest to researchers and policymakers working within development economics and development policy. David Sims is a development consultant who has worked with a number of international agencies, including the European Commission, World Bank, and UN.

ISBN: 9783031177705$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-17770-5doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

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Economic assistance
--Western countries.

LC Class. No.: HC60 / .S55 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 338.91

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