Development Aid Confronts Politics:The Almost Revolution
by: Thomas Carothers – Diane de Gramont
ISBN-10: 0870034006
ISBN-13: 9780870034008
Publication date: April 11, 2013
Paperback: 360 pages
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Book Description
A new lens on development is changing the world of inteational aid. The overdue recognition that development in all sectors is an inherently political process is driving aid providers to try to lea how to think and act politically. Major donors are pursuing explicitly political goals alongside their traditional socioeconomic aims and introducing more politically informed methods throughout their work. Yet these changes face an array of exteal and inteal obstacles, from heightened sensitivity on the part of many aid-receiving govements about foreign political interventionism to inflexible aid delivery mechanisms and entrenched technocratic preferences within many aid organizations. This pathbreaking book assesses the progress and pitfalls of the attempted politics revolution in development aid and charts a constructive way forward. Contents:Introduction 1. The New Politics Agenda The Original Framework:1960s-1980s 2. Apolitical Roots Breaking the Political Taboo:1990s-2000s 3. The Door Opens to Politics 4. Advancing Political Goals 5. Toward Politically Informed Methods The Way Forward 6. Politically Smart Development Aid 7. The Unresolved Debate on Political Goals 8. The Integration Frontier Conclusion 9. The Long Road to Politics
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