Smart Aid for African Development

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 2009

Smart Aid for African Development

Edited by: Richard Joseph and Alexandra Gillies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685857769

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Despite hundreds of billions of dollars spent on foreign aid to sub-Saharan Africa, a sure path to growth and development has not yet been found—and each new heralded approach has crumbled amid regrets and recriminations. The authors of Smart Aid for African Development provide critical assessments of the main components of foreign assistance, considering how smarter use can be made of available resources to advance growth and democracy, rebuild war-torn societies, and reduce the crippling poverty that underlies many of the continent’s fierce conflicts.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Larry Diamond Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1. Smart Aid: The Search for Transformative Strategies Alexandra Gillies and Richard Joseph Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1. Donors and the Delivery of Aid
2. More Aid or Smarter Aid? Donors, Governance, and Accountability Paolo de Renzio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3. How Smart Are Aid Donors? The Case of the United States Carol Lancaster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
4. The Commission for Africa: Assessing the Approach Vivian Lowery Derryck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Part 2. Evaluating Strategies for Aid and Debt Relief
5. Rethinking Budget Support for Africa: A Political Economy Perspective Joel Barkan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
6. The Search for Smart Debt Relief: Questions of When and How Much Thomas M. Callaghy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
7. Donor Policies in Practice: The Challenges of Poverty Reduction and Aid Effectiveness Ian Hopwood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
8. Economic Reforms and Development Assistance in Postconflict Liberia John F. E. Ohiorhenuan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Part 3. The Challenges of Promoting Good Governance and Democracy
9. Rethinking Anticorruption Efforts in Liberia Will Reno Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
10. Beyond the Political Economy of Corruption: The Kenyan Challenge Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
11. Voters But Not Yet Citizens: Democratization and Development Aid Michael Bratton and Carolyn Logan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
12. Democratizing Donor–Civil Society Relations: Evidence from Governance Programs in Nigeria Darren Kew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
13. Africa After Gleneagles: Overcoming Misrule and Stalled Development Richard Joseph Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Part 4. Conclusion
14. Aid, Transformation, and Growth in Africa Richard Joseph and Alexandra Gillies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Acronyms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
The Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
About the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	306

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 306

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Published: June 7, 2022
ISBN: 9781685857769