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Give and Take: What´s the Matter with Foreign Aid
David Sogge
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Description for Give and Take: What´s the Matter with Foreign Aid
Paperback. Executive Director Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JPQB; JPS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Foreign aid is a global endeavour with a huge turnover. But it is a troubled industry with few successes to its name, yet expected to respond to new and very complex problems. Can it do so? Supposed to be benign and selfless, it often harms more than it helps, and benefits givers more than receivers. Can it stop doing so? Can we create a system of genuine help -- democratic in its execution, effective in its impact, adequate in scale, just in its consequences? Give and Take grasps these questions. Foreign aid is an issue ... Read more
Foreign aid is a global endeavour with a huge turnover. But it is a troubled industry with few successes to its name, yet expected to respond to new and very complex problems. Can it do so? Supposed to be benign and selfless, it often harms more than it helps, and benefits givers more than receivers. Can it stop doing so? Can we create a system of genuine help -- democratic in its execution, effective in its impact, adequate in scale, just in its consequences? Give and Take grasps these questions. Foreign aid is an issue ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Global Issues
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842770696
SKU
KCW0012277
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About David Sogge
David Sogge is a fellow of the Transnational Institute (TNI) in Amsterdam. He has spent much of his professional life working for non-governmental aid agencies and in development cooperation programmes in Africa. He has written articles on aid, notably 'Misgivings: Aid to Africa' and 'Foreign Influence and Domestic Collusion in Policy Making: Have we seen the Future? Does it Work?', ... Read more
Reviews for Give and Take: What´s the Matter with Foreign Aid
'Give and Take should be the primer on the aid industry. David Sogge makes clear why aid, in its present incarnation, will never help the poor.' Joe Hanlon, writer 'Little has been written on aid other than the usual uncritical reports of donor agencies. In this important book David Sogge suggests the principles that should govern a very different ... Read more