ISBN:
9789264075511
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (97 p)
Series Statement:
Development Centre Studies
Parallel Title:
Print version Policy Ownership and Aid Conditionality in the Light of the Financial Crisis : A Critical Review
DDC:
303.483
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The current economic situation has obliged the international donor community to reexamine its stance on the conditionality of development assistance. This study evaluates which controversies persist with respect to aid conditionality, how successful donors have been in stemming the rising tide of aid conditionality of the 1980s and 1990s, and whether the donor community practices what it preaches regarding the allocation of aid based on governance and development criteria. Above all, the report considers how the financial crisis has rendered it increasingly difficult to maintain traditional co
Description / Table of Contents:
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Acronyms; Preface; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Shifting Aid Modalities: A Brief Historical Recapitulation; Chapter 3 - Is Conditionality Increasing or Diminishing?; Chapter 4 - A Brief Review of Some Empirical Studies of Conditionality's Impact; Chapter 5 - The Intrinsic Difficulty of Distinguishing Between Good and Bad Policies; Chapter 6 - The Slippery Slope of Political Conditionality; Chapter 7 - Conditionality and the Shift to New Aid Modalities: How Far Does Budget Support Resolve the Dilemma?
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 8 - Policy-Based Conditionality and the Economic Crisis - A Final Nail in the Coffin?Chapter 9 - Conclusions and Policy Recommendations; References
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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