The globalization of foreign aid : developing consensus /

Why do aid agencies from wealthy donor countries with diverse domestic political and economic contexts arrive at very similar positions on a wide array of aid policies and priorities? This book suggests that this homogenization of policy represents the effects of common processes of globalization ma...

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Main Authors: Swiss, Liam
Published: Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group,
Publisher Address: Abingdon, Oxon :
Publication Dates: 2018.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Routledge global cooperation series
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Summary: Why do aid agencies from wealthy donor countries with diverse domestic political and economic contexts arrive at very similar positions on a wide array of aid policies and priorities? This book suggests that this homogenization of policy represents the effects of common processes of globalization manifest in the aid sector. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative analysis of policy adoption, the book argues that we need to examine macro-level globalizing influences at the same time as understanding the micro-level social processes at work within aid agencies, in order to adequately expl
Carrier Form: xiv, 174 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781138569843 (hardback) :
1138569844 (hardback)
9780203704042 (electronic book)
0203704045 (electronic book)
Index Number: HC60
CLC: F114.4
Call Number: F114.4/S979