Contents:
List of tables List of figures List of Contributors List of Acronyms and abbreviations Preface Foreign aid development: Summary and synthesis
Sherman Robinson and Finn Tarp PART I: Major themes 1. The evolution of the development doctrine and the role of foreign aid, 1950-2000
Erik Thorbecke 2. The role of government in economic development
Irma Adelman 3. Foreign aid in historical perspective: background and trends
Peter Hjertholm and Howard White 4. Aid effectiveness disputed
Henrik Hansen and Finn Tarp PART II 5. From project aid to programme assistance
Paul Mosley and Marion J. Eeckhout 6. Technical co-operation
Channing Arndt 7. Sector programme assistance
Ole Mølgård Andersen 8. Food aid as an aid instrument: past, present and future
Bjørg Colding and Per Pinstrup-Andersen PART III Economic perspectives on aid design 9. Using aid to reduce poverty
John Healey and Tony Killick 10. Gender equality and foreign aid
Lisa Ann Richey 11. Foreign aid, development and the environment
Rasmus Heltberg and Uffe Nielsen 12. Aid and failed reforms: the case of public sector management
Elliot J. Berg 13. Foreign aid and private sector development
Mads Váczy Kragh, Jørgen Birk Mortensen, Henrik Schaumburg-Müller and Hans Peter Slente 14. Financial sector aid
Jens Kovsted 15. Foreign aid and the macroeconomy
Peter Hjertholm, Jytte Laursen and Howard White PART IV Broader issues 16. Foreign aid in the emerging global trade environment
Oliver Morrissey 17, Aid and conflict
Tony Addison 18. Aid, conditionality and debt in Africa
Ravi Kanbur 19. Political economy of foreign aid
Raymond F. Hopkins References Index