ABSTRACT

This important contribution to the literature on development economics analyses the effectiveness of programme aid - i.e. aid that is not given in the form of projects. Using real world examples from countries such as Nicaragua, Tanzania, and Vietnam this book deals with one of the core issues in development economics today.

part I|31 pages

Introduction and methodology

part II|419 pages

Case Studies

chapter 3|38 pages

Development by default

Programme aid to Bangladesh

chapter 4|33 pages

Supporting success

Economic growth in Cape Verde in the early 1990s

chapter 6|44 pages

From rehabilitation to recovery

Mozambique in the 1990s

chapter 7|54 pages

Aid, debt and dependence

Programme aid in Nicaragua *

chapter 8|41 pages

A hesitant reformer

Tanzania in the 1990s

chapter 9|59 pages

What does the ‘showcase' show? 1

Programme aid in Uganda

chapter 10|54 pages

Aid in a rapidly growing ‘off-track' economy

Vietnam in the 1990s

chapter 11|51 pages

A black sheep among reformers?

Zambia in the 1990s

part III|87 pages

Thematic summaries

part IV|11 pages

Conclusion

chapter 16|10 pages

Conclusions on programme aid and development

Beyond conditionality