Foreign Aid: Policy and Practice offers a complete overview of the basics of foreign aid. Who is it for? Who pays for it? Why does it exist? What is it spent on? How much is it? And most important, does it work?
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- A complete overview of the basics of foreign aid, suitable for both undergraduate and graduate students
- Classroom exercises and links to further resources are used to help prompt student debate
- Whereas most popular books about aid take a pro- or anti- aid position, this book aims to provide a comprehensive and un-skewed, student-friendly overview
An important and timely book as Foreign Aid is being rethought to account for climate change and pandemics. Prof. Pomerantz offers a magistral sweep of the who, why, what, and how of foreign aid and its transformation over six decades, informed by her long experience as practitioner and academic. The book provides both students and practitioners with a clear analysis of the debates on aid modalities and effectiveness. A must read for anyone interested in international affairs.
Jean-Louis Sarbib, Former Senior Vice President, The World Bank
Aid is often considered an arcane subject, debated by econometricians and decided by high-level policymakers. This book brings the subject down to earth. Written in an engaging style, the book covers the many controversies surrounding foreign aid and development, while giving the reader a sense of how decisions actually get made. Phyllis Pomerantz distills her experience as a development practitioner and professor to give students knowledge, skills and, most importantly, the ability to make a difference.
Shantayanan Devarajan Professor of the Practice of International Development, Georgetown University, USA
Phyllis Pomerantz brings the calm wisdom of an experienced veteran to the polarized debate on foreign aid. She shuns panaceas, because she deeply understands the nuances on how to make aid work better. This is required reading for aid practitioners and those who care about world poverty.
William Easterly is Professor of Economics at New York University and Co-director of the NYU Development Research Institute, USA
This excellent introduction to foreign aid covers all of the key issues, from its basic logic and procedures, to the evolution of the international institutions that have sought to coordinate aid policies, and to recent economic debates about how to make aid more effective. Balanced, clear and readable, this is likely to become the standard text book on the topic.
Nicolas van de Walle, Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government, Cornell University, USA
Phyllis R. Pomerantz is Professor Emerita of the Practice of Public Policy at the Duke Center for International Development, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, USA, where she has taught graduate students for over 15 years. Before this, she had a long career at the World Bank, including managerial appointments in agriculture, rural development, and infrastructure, and as a country director and the World Bank's first Chief Learning Officer.
Part I The Basics of Foreign Aid 1. Introduction 2. Setting the Context 3. The Main Actors: Recipients and Donors 4. How Aid Works Part II Effective Aid: Debates and Trends 5. Judging Donors' Performance 6.: The Great Aid Effectiveness Debate 7. Opening the Black Box of Aid Effectiveness 8. The Rocky Road Towards Aid Effectiveness 9. Summing Up and Looking Ahead