LEADER 03178nam 2200433 450 001 9910634031903321 005 20230419095325.0 010 $a9783031177705$b(electronic bk.) 010 $a3031177703$b(electronic bk.) 035 $a(CKB)25703783100041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7156887 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7156887 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925703783100041 100 $a20230419d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDevelopment delusions and contradictions $ean anatomy of the foreign aid industry /$fDavid Sims 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer International Publishing,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (xxviii, 397 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Sims, David Development Delusions and Contradictions Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, c2023 9783031177699 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart 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 Ca 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aEconomic assistance$zEgypt 606 $aEconomic assistance 615 0$aEconomic assistance 615 0$aEconomic assistance. 676 $a338.962 700 $aSims$b David$f1948 June 23-$01350839 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910634031903321 996 $aDevelopment delusions and contradictions$93089901 997 $aUNINA