Smart Aid for African Development / / ed. by Alexandra Gillies, Richard Joseph.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Anyang’ Nyong’o, Peter,; Barkan, Joel,; Bratton, Michael,; Callaghy, Thomas M.,; Diamond, Larry,; Gillies, Alexandra,; Hopwood, Ian,; Joseph, Richard,; Kew, Darren,; Lancaster, Carol,; Logan, Carolyn,; Lowery Derryck, Vivian,; Ohiorhenuan, John F. E.,; Reno, Will,; Renzio, Paolo de,
• HerausgeberIn: Gillies, Alexandra,; Joseph, Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (306 p.)

Despite hundreds of billions of dollars spent on foreign aid to sub-Saharan Africa, a sure path to growth and development has not yet been found—and each new heralded approach has crumbled amid regrets and recriminations. The authors of Smart Aid for African Development provide critical assessments of the main components of foreign assistance, considering how smarter use can be made of available resources to advance growth and democracy, rebuild war-torn societies, and reduce the crippling poverty that underlies many of the continent’s fierce conflicts.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Smart Aid: The Search for Transformative Strategies -- Part 1. Donors and the Delivery of Aid -- 2. More Aid or Smarter Aid? Donors, Governance, and Accountability -- 3. How Smart Are Aid Donors? The Case of the United States -- 4. The Commission for Africa: Assessing the Approach -- Part 2. Evaluating Strategies for Aid and Debt Relief -- 5. Rethinking Budget Support for Africa: A Political Economy Perspective -- 6. The Search for Smart Debt Relief: Questions of When and How Much -- 7. Donor Policies in Practice: The Challenges of Poverty Reduction and Aid Effectiveness -- 8. Economic Reforms and Development Assistance in Postconflict Liberia -- Part 3. The Challenges of Promoting Good Governance and Democracy -- 9. Rethinking Anticorruption Efforts in Liberia -- 10. Beyond the Political Economy of Corruption: The Kenyan Challenge -- 11. Voters But Not Yet Citizens: Democratization and Development Aid -- 12. Democratizing Donor–Civil Society Relations: Evidence from Governance Programs in Nigeria -- 13. Africa After Gleneagles: Overcoming Misrule and Stalled Development -- Part 4. Conclusion -- 14. Aid, Transformation, and Growth in Africa -- Acronyms -- References -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book