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How the aid industry works : an introduction to international development Arjan de Haan - Sterling, VA Kumarian Press cop. 2009 - xvi, 237 p. il. 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why is aid contested? -- The aid industry defined -- The evolution in thinking about aid and international development -- Development projects: rationale and critique -- Hard-nosed development: reforms, adjustment, governance -- Country-led approaches and donor coordination -- Development's poor cousins: environment, gender, participation, and rights -- What works in the aid industry? What doesn't? How do we know? -- Challenges for the aid industry in the twenty-first century.

ISBN: 9781565492875 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781565492882 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009017483

Subjects--Topical Terms:
International economic relations.
Economic assistance--Developing countries.
Economic assistance--International cooperation.
Development economics.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Developing countries--Foreign economic relations.

LC Class. No.: HF1411 / .H217 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 338.9109172/4