Overview
Offers perspectives on and assessment of various donor projects
Aims to resolve the ambiguity in current literature with regard to aid effectiveness
Breaks down the various types of aid and provides examples for each
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Foreign Aid and Macro and Micro Development Outcomes
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The Political Economy of Donor Behavior
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Foreign Aid’s Effect on Institutional Quality
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The Political Economy of Privately Provided Aid
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Nabamita Dutta is Associate Professor of Economics at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA. To date, she has published over 40 peer reviewed articles on various topics (e.g. foreign aid, press freedom, economic freedom, financial development, and entrepreneurship) at the intersection of new institutional economics and economic development. Her articles have appeared in esteemed journals like the European Journal of Political Economy, Kyklos, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Journal of Institutional Economics, Small Business Economics, International Review of Economics and Finance, Economic Modelling and the Review of International Economics. She has been a visiting research scholar at various institutions in India, Australia, and Germany, and has delivered invited research talks at various prestigious international conferences and workshops. Her research has also been covered by the media, in particular by the BBC, New York Magazine, and Ideas for India.
Claudia R. Williamson is Associate Professor of Economics and the Drew Allen Endowed Fellow at Mississippi State University, USA. Her research focuses on applied microeconomics, the role of culture in development, and the political economy of development policies, such as foreign aid. She currently serves as an editor for the Journal of Institutional Economics. Claudia has authored over 35 articles in refereed journals including the Journal of Law and Economics, World Development, Journal of Comparative Economics, Public Choice, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Journal of Institutional Economics. Her work is cited in top journals including the American Economic Review, American Political Science Review, Journal of Economic Growth, and the European Economic Review. Her research has also appeared in popular press outlets, such as The Economist and the BBC.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lessons on Foreign Aid and Economic Development
Book Subtitle: Micro and Macro Perspectives
Editors: Nabamita Dutta, Claudia R. Williamson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22121-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-22120-1Published: 26 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-22123-2Published: 26 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-22121-8Published: 06 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 297
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Development Economics, International Economics, Development Aid, Economic Policy, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Microeconomics