268 Pages
by
Routledge
268 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In spite of shared rhetorical commitments to tackling poverty worldwide, donors have varied considerably in their use of aid as an instrument for global poverty reduction. This book explains varied donor priorities by examining how societal actors, governmental actors, and the institutions that regulate their interactions influence development policy choices.
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1. Development Aid as a Policy Instrument 2. Aid and Domestic Politics 3. Consensus and Aid Generosity in Denmark 4. The Cautious Humanitarian: Aid Politics in Switzerland 5. The Long Shadow of the Past: Aid Politics in France 6. Fragmentation and Micromanagement: US Aid Politics 7. Concluding Considerations for Development Advocates
Biography
Erik Lundsgaarde is Senior Researcher at the German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn, where his work focuses on the diversification of the actor landscape in development cooperation. He is the editor of the book Africa toward 2030: Challenges for Development Policy (2011, Palgrave Macmillan). He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Political Science from the University of Washington, USA.
