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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460257903321

Autore

Lipton Michael <1937-, >

Titolo

Does aid work in India? : a country study of the impact of official development assistance / / Michael Lipton and John Toye

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011, c1990

ISBN

1-136-88964-7

1-283-10557-8

9786613105578

0-203-84015-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions : development ; ; v. 10

Altri autori (Persone)

ToyeJ. F. J

Disciplina

338.91/0954

338.910954

Soggetti

Economic assistance - India - Evaluation

Technical assistance - India - Evaluation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1990.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyright02; Contents; Tables; Preface; Glossary; Introduction; Chapter 1 India's Aid Resources in Macroeconomic Context; Chapter 2 Aid and Poverty in India; Chapter 3 Policy Dialogue; Chapter 4 The Systemic Effects of Aid and Donor Procedures; Chapter 5 Project Aid to India; Chapter 6 Resource Management, Institution Building, and Technical Assistance; Chapter 7 Aid and Market Forces; Appendix: Conclusions of the India Aid Effectiveness Study; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Much about India's economy and aid flows has changed in the last two decades. India's growth rate has quickened since economic liberalisation, the poverty head count has fallen and the volume and composition of its aid have changed as new issues of climate change and the environment have emerged..Yet Does Aid Work in India?, first published in 1990, remains of great interest as a study of aid effectiveness in India's pre-liberalisation era. It identifies those sectors where aid-funded interventions succeeded, and where they failed. It explains how India avoided problems of