Development without aid : the decline of development aid and the rise of the diaspora / / David A. Phillips [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Phillips David A. <1946->
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Anthem Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 338.9109172/4
• Soggetto topico: Economic assistance - Developing countries
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Dependency on foreign countries; Developing countries Economic conditions
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: List of acronyms -- Acknowledgments -- Preface: motivation and perspective -- What is foreign aid, who does it, why and how much is there? -- How far has development aid been effective? -- Why has development aid done so little? -- Changing the dynamics of development -- "New aid" : new ways to promote and finance development? -- Another pathway out of poverty? -- Exit strategy : replacing foreign assistance -- Postscript -- Notes -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Development without Aid' opens up perspectives about foreign aid to the world's poorest countries. Growing up in Malawi the author developed a sense of the limitations of foreign assistance and from this evolves a critique of foreign aid as an alien resource unable to provide the dynamism that could propel the poorest countries out of poverty.[NP] The book aims to help move the discussion beyond foreign aid. It examines the rapid growth of the world's diasporas as a quasi-indigenous resource of increasing strength in terms of both financial and human capital, and considers how far such a resource might supersede aid. It uses extensive research findings to explore the possibilities for a resumption of sovereignty by poor states, especially in Africa, over their own development with the assistance of the world's diasporas.
• Titolo autorizzato: Development without aid
• ISBN: 0-85728-067-8; 0-85728-302-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463313203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Anthem Studies in Development and Globalization