Foreign Aid in a Changing World

by Peter Burnell, John JR. Collier, John Jr. Collier

Overview

This text explores the changes foreign aid has undergone between the late 1950s and the late 1990s. It examines these changes in the context of the wider economic and political developments. The book analyzes why some countries - both in the developing world and former communist states - seem to need assistance. It critically surveys the values-based and interests-based arguments in favour of aid and its many forms; encompasses the non-governmental and multicultural dimensions as well as the bilateral flows, at national and sub-national levels; and focuses particularly on the contemporary emphasis on making aid dependent on democratization and good government.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780335195244
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	01/10/1998
Series:	Issues in Third World Politics Series
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.59(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements	ix
	List of abbreviations	x
1	Introduction	1
	Defining aid	3
	Never mind the quantity, think about the quality	10
	Aid in perspective	17
	Aid as a political relationship	19
2	Who would manage an aid agency?	28
	Allocative criteria	28
	Conclusions	43
3	The case for giving: morality, justice and entitlement	46
	Moral arguments	47
	1066 and all that came later	52
	Aid as immorality	59
	Conclusion	61
4	The case for giving: mutual advantage and enlightened self-interest	63
	Brandt criticised	64
	Gone but not forgotten	69
	Interest redefined: survival of the planet	74
	The problem with people	80
	Conclusions	82
5	Why some countries need development assistance	85
	From economic gaps to technical assistance	86
	Adjustment lending	89
	And so to political reform	95
	Conclusion	97
6	Cases for the prosecution	101
	Prosecution from the left	102
	Aid defended	108
	Prosecution from the right	111
	Case not proven	116
	Conclusion	122
7	Third World, Second World: aid's other half	124
	Partnerships in aid	125
	Aid's Southern partners	127
	Donors outside the Development Assistance Committee	133
	Conclusion	142
8	Major donors	143
	Japan	146
	United States	150
	Britain	155
	European Union	158
	Conclusion	162
9	Large and little	165
	Multilaterals	165
	Reality check on multilateral virtues	167
	Non-governmental agencies	175
	Conclusion	186
10	The modern politics of aid	187
	Origins of the modern politics of aid	188
	Disputed logic	194
	Donor credibility	196
	Widening the debate	207
11	To Russia with love	212
	Traditional security issues	214
	Economic, financial and social arguments	219
	Other political arguments	221
	Observations	225
	The Second World and the Third World - love's labours lost	228
12	Conclusion: change and continuity	231
	Changes	232
	Continuities	241
	References	246
	Index	259

Editorial Reviews

Burnell (politics and international studies, U. of Warwick) analyzes permutations in foreign aid over the past 50 years with implications for the future, in the context of economic and political developments<-->as distinctions blur between first, second, and third world nations. He provocatively addresses: right and left-wing debates over whether aid can do good, the quality vs. quantity of aid, why some countries need development assistance, the morality of making assistance contingent upon democratization, and security issues involved in aid to post-communist Russia. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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