Does Aid Work?: Report to an Intergovernmental Task Force (Library of Political Economy) - Softcover

Cassen, Robert; Others

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198772491 ISBN 13: 9780198772491

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1986

Synopsis

In 1984, eighteen governments established an international Task Force on Concessional Flows to investigate the transfer of real resources to developing countries and to report on the effectiveness of aid. This book is the report which resulted, and its basic finding is that most aid succeeds in terms of its own objectives and obtains a reasonable rate of return. At the same time, the report analyses the by-no-means insignificant failings of aid projects, compares these failings with other forms of private and public investment, and proposes measure for improving aid effectiveness.

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Review

From reviews of the first edition: `this is a welcome volume which deserves a place on development economics reading lists, while it is also accessible to the general reader'Economica

From the Back Cover

In Does Aid Work, the volume arose from a study conducted for an intergovernmental task force. The team surveyed the published literature, reviewed existing evaluations of aid projects, and undertook seven detailed country studies. At the same time, this book analyses the frequent failings of aid projects, compares these failings with other forms of private and public investment, and proposes measures for improving aid effectiveness. For this second edition the book has been shortened, removing mainly the more technical parts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198772491
• ISBN 13: 9780198772491
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 396