03601nam 22005655 450 991063403190332120240509013113.09783031177705(electronic bk.)3031177703(electronic bk.)10.1007/978-3-031-17770-5(CKB)25703783100041(MiAaPQ)EBC7156887(Au-PeEL)EBL7156887(DE-He213)978-3-031-17770-5(EXLCZ)992570378310004120221212d2023 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDevelopment Delusions and Contradictions An Anatomy of the Foreign Aid Industry /by David Sims1st ed. 2023.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2023.1 online resource (xxviii, 397 pages)Print version: Sims, David Development Delusions and Contradictions Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, c2023 9783031177699 Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I Inside the Donor World -- 1. Background: A Sketch of the Development Industry -- 2. The Imperative to Spend -- 3. Product Development -- 4. Control, Compliance, and More Control -- 5. Procurement -- 6. Numbers, Indicators, and Technical Objectivity -- 7. Chronic Ills of the Industry -- 8. Acts of Congregation -- 9. Texts and Documentation -- 10. Herd Instinct -- 11. Plus Ça Change -- 12. Responses to Covid-19 -- Part II: When the West Meets the Rest -- 13. Background: Governments in the Rest -- 14. Donor Overload -- 15. Partnerships? -- 16. Country Ownership -- 17. Pay Scales -- 18. The Rest Strikes Back -- 19. Blind Support for the Private Sector -- 20. Informality -- Part III: Conclusions -- 21. Summing Up -- 22. Peering into the Future.This book analyses the shortcomings of the Western development aid programme. Through exploring the evolution of aid over more than seven decades, development is examined as an industry with a variety of motives and actors. The driving forces and dynamics in the relationship between aid and economic development are highlighted in relation to faulty development structures and misaligned aims. With a particular focus on Egypt, radical questions are posed on how global aid and development can be improved, including how it can respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This book aims to present an alternative aid framework to help overcome the dysfunctionality of the current international development system. It will be of interest to researchers and policymakers working within development economics and development policy. David Sims is a development consultant who has worked with a number of international agencies, including the European Commission, World Bank, and UN.Development economicsEconomic policyAfricaEconomic conditionsDevelopment EconomicsEconomic PolicyAfrican EconomicsDevelopment economics.Economic policy.AfricaEconomic conditions.Development Economics.Economic Policy.African Economics.338.962338.91Sims David1948 June 23-1350839MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910634031903321Development delusions and contradictions3089901UNINA