1st Edition

Does Aid Work in India? A Country Study of the Impact of Official Development Assistance

By Michael Lipton, John Toye Copyright 1990
292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

Much about India's economy and aid flows has changed in the last two decades. India's growth rate has quickened since economic liberalisation, the poverty head count has fallen and the volume and composition of its aid have changed as new issues of climate change and the environment have emerged.. Yet Does Aid Work in India?, first published in 1990, remains of great interest as a study of aid... Read more

1. India’s Aid Resources in Macroeconomic Context  2. Aid and Poverty in India  3. Policy Dialogue  4. The Systemic Effects of Aid and Donor Procedures  5. Project Aid to India  6. Resource Management, Institution Building, and Technical Assistance  7 . Aid and Market Forces

Biography

Michael Lipton, John Toye

‘Their work is the most comprehensive and up-to-date now available’ – New Statesman and Society

‘Lipton and Toye deploy their considerable expertise on agriculture and the Indian Economy in assessing the effects of aid, including food aid, on growth and equity in the agricultural sector.’ – The Economic Journal