| Aid and the Political Economy of Policy Change Contributor(s): Killick, Tony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415187044 ISBN-13: 9780415187046 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1998 Annotation: This path-breaking study in political economy scrutinizes the theory and practice of conditionality, drawing chiefly on the experiences of twenty-one developing countries. The fatal weakness of conditionality, the book concludes, is that donors are unwilling or unable to withhold aid from governments which renege on policy promises. Deep-rooted factors stand in the way of making conditionality more effective, reliance on which has hence wasted much aid. The book therefore presents ideas from improving donor-recipient relationships in ways which do not rely on an imagined financial leverage. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development |
| Dewey: 338.91 |
| LCCN: 98009572 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.46" W x 9.26" (1.05 lbs) 255 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume looks at the effectiveness of conditionality in structural adjustment programmes. Tony Killick charts the emergence of conditionality, and challenges the widely held assumption that it is a co-operative process, arguing that in fact it tends to be coercive and detrimental to development objectives. Through detailed case studies of twenty one recipient countries, he explores the key issues of: |