Foreign Aid and the Future of Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Foreign Aid and the Future of Africa write by Kenneth Kalu. This book was released on 2018-05-22. Foreign Aid and the Future of Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the past five decades, sub-Saharan Africa has received more foreign aid than has any other region of the world, and yet poverty remains endemic throughout the region. As Kenneth Kalu argues, this does not mean that foreign aid has failed; rather, it means that foreign aid in its current form does not have the capacity to procure development or eradicate poverty. This is because since colonialism, the average African state has remained an instrument of exploitation, and economic and political institutions continue to block a majority of citizens from meaningful participation in the economy. Drawing upon case studies of Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nigeria, this book makes the case for redesigning development assistance in order to strike at the root of poverty and transform the African state and its institutions into agents of development.
The Trouble with Africa
The Trouble with Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Trouble with Africa write by Robert Calderisi. This book was released on 2014-12-23. The Trouble with Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. After years of frustration at the stifling atmosphere of political correctness surrounding discussions of Africa, long time World Bank official Robert Calderisi speaks out. He boldly reveals how most of Africa's misfortunes are self-imposed, and why the world must now deal differently with the continent. Here we learn that Africa has steadily lost markets by its own mismanagement, that even capitalist countries are anti-business, that African family values and fatalism are more destructive than tribalism, and that African leaders prey intentionally on Western guilt. Calderisi exposes the shortcomings of foreign aid and debt relief, and proposes his own radical solutions. Drawing on thirty years of first hand experience, The Trouble with Africa highlights issues which have been ignored by Africa's leaders but have worried ordinary Africans, diplomats, academics, business leaders, aid workers, volunteers, and missionaries for a long time. It ripples with stories which only someone who has talked directly to African farmers--and heads of state--could recount. Calderisi's aim is to move beyond the hand-wringing and finger-pointing which dominates most discussions of Africa. Instead, he suggests concrete steps which Africans and the world can take to liberate talent and enterprise on the continent.
Problems, Promises, and Paradoxes of Aid
Problems, Promises, and Paradoxes of Aid - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Problems, Promises, and Paradoxes of Aid write by J. Oloka-Onyango. This book was released on 2014-11-10. Problems, Promises, and Paradoxes of Aid available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is an anthology of essays contributing new scholarship to the contemporary discourse on the concept of aid. It provides an interdisciplinary investigation of the role of aid in African development, compiling the work of historians, political scientists, legal scholars, and economists to examine where aid has failed and to offer new perspectives on how aid can be made more effective. Questions regarding the effectiveness of aid are addressed here using specific case studies. The question of ownership is examined in the context of two debates: 1) to what extent should aid be designed by the recipient country itself? and 2) should aid focus on “need” or “performance”? That is, should donors direct aid to the poorest countries, regardless of their policies and governance, or should aid “reward” countries for doing the right thing? The future of aid is also addressed: should aid continue to be a part of the development agenda for countries in sub-Saharan Africa? If so, how much and what type of aid is needed, and how it can be made most effective? The major criticism against aid is that it cripples the recipient country’s economic growth by turning it into a passive receiver; in addition, it has been noted that aid is mostly supply-driven, depending upon donors rather than the actual needs of recipients. For this reason, aid may not meet the goals for which it was intended. To meet the needs of the communities they want to help, donors should work through consultation and a measure of recipient ownership. Donors need to understand context, to protect human rights, and to be guided by principles of social and environmental justice. Other suggested strategies for making aid more effective include peer review; self-assessment; the empowerment of women; encouraging accountability; investing in agriculture; helping smallholder subsistence farmers; introducing ethical and professional standards for civil service; and raising the competence of civil servants.
Dead Aid
Dead Aid - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dead Aid write by Dambisa Moyo. This book was released on 2009-03-17. Dead Aid available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world's poorest countries.
The Future of Foreign Aid
The Future of Foreign Aid - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Future of Foreign Aid write by A. Sumner. This book was released on 2012-12-18. The Future of Foreign Aid available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sumner and Mallett review the literature on aid in light of shifts in the aid system and the increasing concentration of the world's poor in middle-income countries. As a consequence, they propose a series of practical, policy relevant options for future development cooperation, with the aim of provoking discussion and informing policy.
