Historical Dictionary of Aid and Development Organizations

by Guy Arnold

Overview

Foreign aid, whose growth coincided with the years of the Cold War, is now an accepted part of international relations. This dictionary documents every aspect and phase of aid: the power and influence of the World Bank and IMF; the impact of OPEC; individual government departments responsible for aid; regional and political organizations; the United Nations; and the role of Non-Government Organizations (NG's). In his wide-ranging introduction, Arnold illustrates the development of foreign aid as a policy tool beginning with the U.S. Marshall Plan and the subsequent development, with the Colombo Plan of 1950, of a new principle in international relations: that the rich, developed countries had a duty and a self-interest in providing economic assistance for poor, less developed countries. Includes bibliography and chronology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810830400
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/16/1996
Series:	Historical Dictionaries of International Organizations , #10
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.64(w) x 8.78(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Guy Arnold is a freelance writer and lecturer who has long specialized in North-South relations. He is a lecturer on international affairs for the University of Surrey.

Editorial Reviews

...succinct reference guide to the major organizations, events, and concepts relating to post-WW II economic development...for completeness, college and university libraries will want to add Arnold's book to their collection.

Choice Reviews

All entries are well-written and, while primarily descriptive, include some analysis and comment.

Reference Reviews

...succinct reference guide to the major organizations, events, and concepts relating to post-WW II economic development...for completeness, college and university libraries will want to add Arnold's book to their collection.

Choice

...succinct reference guide to the major organizations, events, and concepts relating to post-WW II economic development...for completeness, college and university libraries will want to add Arnold's book to their collection.

CHOICE

All entries are well-written and, while primarily descriptive, include some analysis and comment.

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All entries are well-written and, while primarily descriptive, include some analysis and comment.

"American Reference Books Annual"

Contains entries on major aid and development organizations, countries, plans, and concepts, covering areas including the World Bank and the IMF, country government departments, the impact of OPEC, regional and political organizations, the UN and its special agencies concerned with aid, and the role of NGOs. Includes an extensive bibliography, an aid and development dateline, and a listing of countries designated by the World Bank as having low-income, middle income, or upper-middle-income economies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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