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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452846803321

Autore

Carothers Thomas <1956->

Titolo

Development aid confronts politics [[electronic resource] ] : the almost revolution / / Thomas Carothers and Diane de Gramont

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D. C., : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, c2013

ISBN

1-299-45806-8

0-87003-402-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Disciplina

338.91

Soggetti

Economic assistance - Government policy

Economic assistance - Political aspects

Economic development - Political aspects

International economic relations - Political aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The New Politics Agenda; The Original Framework: 1960s-1980s; Apolitical Roots; Breaking the Political Taboo: 1990s-2000s; The Door Opens to Politics; Advancing Political Goals; Toward Politically Informed Methods; The Way Forward; Politically Smart Development Aid?; The Unresolved Debate on Political Goals; The Integration Frontier; Conclusion; The Long Road to Politics; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

A new lens on development is changing the world of international aid. The overdue recognition that development in all sectors is an inherently political process is driving aid providers to try to learn how to think and act politically. Major donors are pursuing explicitly political goals alongside their traditional socioeconomic aims and introducing more politically informed methods throughout their work. Yet these changes face an array of external and internal obstacles, from heightened sensitivity on the part of many aid-receiving governments about foreign political interventionism