The Samaritan's Dilemma
The Political Economy of Development Aid
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6318255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Inge Kaul (United Nations, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 211-212 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1537592707070685 |
| OpenAlex | W2068524709 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The Samaritan's Dilemma: The Political Economy of Development Aid. By Clark C. Gibson, Krister Andersson, Elinor Ostrom, and Sujai Shivakumar. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 288p. $99.00 cloth, $35.00 paper.The authors of this book start from the premise that there is something “wrong with development aid” (p. 3). They point to a number of studies that were conducted in the 1990s and found little consonance between foreign aid levels and changes in macrolevel indicators like economic growth and poverty reduction in recipient developing countries. Their aim is to explore the “perverse incentives” within the current aid system that militate against aid's success
Aid effectiveness · Developing country · Development aid · Development economics · Dilemma · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Incentive · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Poverty reduction · Premise · International Development and Aid · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |