Screen LibraryPolitical economy and the aid industry in Asia /
"The international aid industry's experimentation with political economy analysis is on the road to nowhere, so long as major assumptions remain unchallenged; namely, that development is a public good and reform comes from experts and enlightened reformers working in partnership on new ins...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Critical studies of the Asia-Pacific
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"The international aid industry's experimentation with political economy analysis is on the road to nowhere, so long as major assumptions remain unchallenged; namely, that development is a public good and reform comes from experts and enlightened reformers working in partnership on new institutions, whilst development failures are the result of information failures or perverse incentives, as collective action problems.This book provocatively argues that donor efforts to think and work more politically have not adequately addressed, to date, the structural dimensions of power and interests an |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 188 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-181) and index. |
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9781137303608 (hardback) : 1137303603 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | HC412 |
| CLC: | F130.5 |
| Call Number: | F130.5/H978 |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction -- Part I. Development agencies and the reality of politics. 2. Realities of Political Economy: The Elephant in the Room ; 3. Development Agencies and the Political Economy Turn ; 4. Development as Collective Action Problems -- Part II. : Applying structural political economy. 5. Understanding the Development Problem ; 6. Analysing Reform and Reformers ; 7. Working Politically: Understanding Alliances ; 8. Conclusion: The Road to Nowhere?. |