Aid and the Political Economy of Policy Change
Published on 24. September 1998
255 pages
978-1-134-66244-9 (ISBN)
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 twent
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'... should be required reading... an excellent account of the failure of the current system of donor-assisted economic policy reform in developing countries.' - Political StudiesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
18 s/w Tabellen
18 tables
File size
0,37 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-66244-9 (9781134662449)
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Content
List of tables, Preface, List of abbreviations, 1 The practice and justification of conditionality, 2 What has adjustment conditionality achieved?, 3 Conditionality and adjustment in South-east Asia and Latin America, 4 The `ownership' problem, 5 The model, the research, some results, 6 Rewards, punishments and the influence of national politics, 7 Alternatives to conditionality, Bibliography, Works cited in the main text, Chapter 3 regional references, Index
