The samaritan's dilemma : the political economy of development aid /

The authors argue that much of foreign aid's failure is related to the institutions that structure its delivery. They offer concrete suggestions about how to improve aid's effectiveness.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Oxford University Press
Other Authors:	Gibson, Clark C., 1961-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2005]
Subjects:	Economic assistance. Economic development > Research. Economic development projects. Economic assistance > Developing countries. Economic development > Research > Developing countries. Economic development projects > Developing countries. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General. Developing countries. Ontwikkelingssamenwerking.
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Table of Contents:

What's wrong with development aid?
Laying the theoretical foundations for the study of development aid.
Better development through better policy? Development aid's challenges at the collective-choice level.
Sorting out the tangle: incentives across action situations in development aid.
A formal analysis of incentives in strategic interactions involving an international development cooperation agency, Roy Gardner and Christopher J. Waller.
All aid is not the same: the incentives of different types of aid.
Applying the IAD framework: the incentives inside a development agency.
Incentives for contractors in aid-supporting activities, Krister Andersson and Matthew R. Auer.
Sida aid in electricity and natural resources projects in India.
Sida aid in electricity and natural resources projects in Zambia.
What have we learnt about aid?