LEADER 04200nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910462316703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-53092-7 024 7 $a10.7312/ears16112 035 $a(CKB)2670000000270024 035 $a(EBL)932154 035 $a(OCoLC)813846221 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000754987 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12343875 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000754987 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10729693 035 $a(PQKB)10515008 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000099596 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC932154 035 $a(DE-B1597)458824 035 $a(OCoLC)1002232396 035 $a(OCoLC)1004874637 035 $a(OCoLC)1011461368 035 $a(OCoLC)1013962595 035 $a(OCoLC)979628850 035 $a(OCoLC)987932046 035 $a(OCoLC)992471024 035 $a(OCoLC)999371617 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231530927 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL932154 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10607134 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL684697 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000270024 100 $a20120215d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAid dependence in Cambodia$b[electronic resource] $ehow foreign assistance undermines democracy /$fSophal Ear 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-53415-2 311 $a0-231-16112-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [159]-176) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Figures and Tables -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNote on Confidentiality -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Aid Dependence and Quality of Governance -- $t2. Growth Without Development -- $t3. An International Problem -- $t4. Shallow Democracy -- $tConclusion -- $tAppendix -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aInternational intervention liberated Cambodia from pariah state status in the early 1990s and laid the foundations for more peaceful, representative rule. Yet the country's social indicators and the integrity of its political institutions declined rapidly within a few short years, while inequality grew dramatically. Conducting an unflinching investigation into these developments, Sophal Ear reveals the pernicious effects of aid dependence and its perversion of Cambodian democracy.International intervention and foreign aid resulted in higher maternal (and possibly infant and child) mortality rates and unprecedented corruption by the mid-2000s. Similarly, in example after example, Ear finds the more aid dependent a country, the more distorted its incentives to develop sustainably. Contrasting Cambodia's clothing sector with its rice and livestock sectors and internal handling of the avian flu epidemic, he showcases the international community's role in preventing Cambodia from controlling its national development.A postconflict state unable to refuse aid, Cambodia is rife with trial-and-error donor experiments and their unintended consequences, such as bad governance and poor domestic and tax revenue performance-a major factor curbing sustainable, nationally owned growth. By outlining the terms through which countries can achieve better ownership of their development, Ear offers alternatives for governments still on the brink of collapse, despite ongoing dependence on foreign intervention and aid. 606 $aDemocracy$zCambodia 606 $aEconomic assistance$xPolitical aspects$zCambodia 606 $aTechnical assistance$xPolitical aspects$zCambodia 607 $aCambodia$xPolitics and government$y1979- 607 $aCambodia$xEconomic conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aEconomic assistance$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aTechnical assistance$xPolitical aspects 676 $a320.9596 700 $aEar$b Sophal$0942845 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462316703321 996 $aAid dependence in Cambodia$92472052 997 $aUNINA