Smart Aid for African Development / ed. by Alexandra Gillies, Richard Joseph.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anyang’ Nyong’o, Peter, Contributor.

Barkan, Joel, Contributor.

Bratton, Michael, Contributor.

Callaghy, Thomas M., Contributor.

Diamond, Larry Jay, Contributor.

Gillies, Alexandra, Contributor.

Gillies, Alexandra, Editor.

Hopwood, Ian, Contributor.

Joseph, Richard A., Contributor.

Joseph, Richard, Editor.

Kew, Darren, Contributor.

Lancaster, Carol, Contributor.

Logan, Carolyn, Contributor.

Lowery Derryck, Vivian, Contributor.

Ohiorhenuan, John F. E., Contributor.

Reno, Will, Contributor.

De Renzio, Paolo, Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

1. Smart Aid: The Search for Transformative Strategies

Part 1. Donors and the Delivery of Aid

2. More Aid or Smarter Aid? Donors, Governance, and Accountability

3. How Smart Are Aid Donors? The Case of the United States

4. The Commission for Africa: Assessing the Approach

Part 2. Evaluating Strategies for Aid and Debt Relief

5. Rethinking Budget Support for Africa: A Political Economy Perspective

6. The Search for Smart Debt Relief: Questions of When and How Much

7. Donor Policies in Practice: The Challenges of Poverty Reduction and Aid Effectiveness

8. Economic Reforms and Development Assistance in Postconflict Liberia

Part 3. The Challenges of Promoting Good Governance and Democracy

9. Rethinking Anticorruption Efforts in Liberia

10. Beyond the Political Economy of Corruption: The Kenyan Challenge

11. Voters But Not Yet Citizens: Democratization and Development Aid

12. Democratizing Donor–Civil Society Relations: Evidence from Governance Programs in Nigeria

13. Africa After Gleneagles: Overcoming Misrule and Stalled Development

Part 4. Conclusion

14. Aid, Transformation, and Growth in Africa

Acronyms

References

The Contributors

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-68585-776-0