Donor Aid - The Determinants of Development Allocations to Third World Countries: A Comparative Analysis: 23 (American University Studies Series 10: Political Science) - Hardcover

Imbeau, Louis M

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820409308 ISBN 13: 9780820409306

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 1989

Synopsis

This fascinating study on international development aid addresses a central, yet too often neglected question: what does account for the variation in commitments to economic aid across the OECD donors? Building on a theoretical framework derived from «bounded rationality», Louis M. Imbeau elaborates a number of competing explanations and proceeds to test them on data collected for 17 OECD donors over the period 1966-1981. In so doing, this book makes a significant contribution to an interesting body of literature.

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Review

-This work (for which Dr. Imbeau received the Stein-Rokkan Prize) is cogent, elegant, and mature, - altogether fascinating.- (Rudolf Wildenman, University of Mannheim, Former Chairman of The ECPR)
-The structure and design of this study as a whole are elegant and in their condusion fruitful. It contributes substantially to an understanding of what has been a relatirely neglected area in the analysis of aid.- (Robert D. McKinlay, University of Lancaoter)
-Louis Imbeau a eu le merite de presenter une approche theorique qui constitue une contribution serieuse a l'etude des determinants de l'aide au developpement. Par ailleurs, l'analyse presente un interet incontestable tant par sa rigueur methodologique que par la clarte du raisonnement.- (Saad Amrani, Revue quebecoise de science politique)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820409308
• ISBN 13: 9780820409306
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 228