Catalysing Development

This volume presents a state-of-the-art debate on the controversial
topic of development aid.

• The contributors are all experts in the field of international
  development.

• Presents some challenging conclusions about the role that aid
  plays in catalysing, or stifling, development.

• Represents a wide range of different analytical
  perspectives.

Auteur
Jan P. Pronk was Minister for Development Co-operation of the Netherlands from 1974 to 1977, and from 1989 to 1998, and Minister for Environment from 1998 to 2002. He now holds a Chair in the Theory and Practice of International Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague.

Résumé
This volume presents a state-of-the-art debate on the controversial topic of development aid.

• The contributors are all experts in the field of international development.

• Presents some challenging conclusions about the role that aid plays in catalysing, or stifling, development.

• Represents a wide range of different analytical perspectives.

Contenu

Preface from the Editors of Development and Change.

1. Aid as a Catalyst Jan P. Pronk.

2. Unpacking Aid James K. Boyce.

3. Aid as a Flight Forward Louis Emmerij.

4. Aid is an Unreliable Joystick Gus Edgren.

5. Development Goals, Governance and Capacity Building: Aid as a
   Catalyst John Degnbol-Martinussen.

6. Age of Reverse Aid: Neoliberalism as Catalyst of Regression
   James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer.

7. Aid, Conditionality and Development Ajit Singh.

8. The Effectiveness of Policy Conditionality: Eight Country
   Experiences A. Geske Dijkstra.

9. Aid and the Geopolitics of the Post-Colonial: Critical
   Reflections on New Labour's Overseas Development Strategy
   David Slater and Morag Bell.

10. Good Governance and Aid: Selectivity Criteria in Development
    Assistance Wil Hout.

11. International Development Targets and Official Development
    Assistance Santosh Mehrotra.

12. Aid Effectiveness and Policy Ownership Rehman
    Sobhan.

13. It is Possible to Just Give Money to the Poor Joseph
    Hanlonn Pronk.

14. Aid as a Catalyst: A Rejoinder Jan P. Pronk.