International Development Cooperation: Theory, Practice, And Evaluation - Hardcover

Zhao, Jianzhi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9811258872 ISBN 13: 9789811258879

Publisher: WSPC, 2023

Synopsis

This book studies the theory, practice and evaluation methods of international development cooperation, aid and assistance management in detail from a global perspective. It attempts to answer the following questions: How effective are the current Western aid methods? How should China optimize current international development cooperation? How to effectively design an aid management system in the international community? How to assess the effectiveness of aid? The book contributes to studies in international development cooperation. The theoretical part analyzes the main concepts, viewpoints, theories, and disputes in current international development cooperation, primarily focusing on the differences in concepts between traditional development donors and emerging donors represented by China. The practical part studies the roles and importance of different subjects in international development assistance. This part also explores the impact of different aid management institutions on international development cooperation. The evaluation part reviews the current mainstream methods of international development assessment and uses non-experimental methods of impact evaluation and randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

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About the Author

About the Author

Jianzhi ZHAO is an Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Fudan University in Shanghai, China. His current research interests are international development, public policy, public economics, and development economics. He has worked at multiple international organizations, including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and Inter-American Development Bank. He was also a visiting researcher at the Bank of Finland. He has been invited to present his research at various government agencies, such as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Bank of Finland. He has served as a referee for many international journals and published papers in many peer-reviewed journals. He was a Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University and received PhD in International Economic Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park.

About the Translator

Qin LIN, PhD, is lecturer at the School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Normal University. Her research interests include Early Modern English literature and English poetry.

Edition details

• Publisher: WSPC
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811258872
• ISBN 13: 9789811258879
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 312