Foreign Aid and Its Utilisation in Pakistan
Author : Pakistan. Ministry of Economic Affairs
Publisher :
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 10,64 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Economic assistance
ISBN :
The Politics of US Aid to Pakistan
Author : Murad Ali
Publisher : Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 39,59 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Economic assistance, American
ISBN : 9780367150730
Book Description
This book aims at uncovering the politics behind the provision of US foreign aid to Pakistan during three distinctive periods: the Cold War, the post-Cold War and the "war on terror". Focusing on a comprehensive analysis of aid allocation and delivery mechanisms, this book uncovers the primary factors behind historical as well as contemporary US aid to Pakistan so far not thoroughly and empirically studied, especially in the post-2001 period of the "war on terror". Furthermore, based on findings that have emerged from interviews with over 200 respondents, including government officials, representatives of donor aid agencies, the private sector, civil society organizations and primary beneficiaries of US-funded projects, this book offers significant insights to researchers, policy-makers and practitioners interested in the discipline of aid and development effectiveness. Making use of both quantitative and qualitative data and based on extensive fieldwork and primary data, this book fills a significant gap in the empirical analysis of US aid to Pakistan. As such, it will be of great interest to students and scholars of Asian and US politics, as well as to those who have teaching and research interests in disciplines such as international relations, history, strategic studies, international political economy and development studies. data and based on extensive fieldwork and primary data, this book fills a significant gap in the empirical analysis of US aid to Pakistan. As such, it will be of great interest to students and scholars of Asian and US politics, as well as to those who have teaching and research interests in disciplines such as international relations, history, strategic studies, international political economy and development studies.
Assessing Aid
Author :
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 11,85 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780195211238
Book Description
Assessing Aid determines that the effectiveness of aid is not decided by the amount received but rather the institutional and policy environment into which it is accepted. It examines how development assistance can be more effective at reducing global poverty and gives five mainrecommendations for making aid more effective: targeting financial aid to poor countries with good policies and strong economic management; providing policy-based aid to demonstrated reformers; using simpler instruments to transfer resources to countries with sound management; focusing projects oncreating and transmitting knowledge and capacity; and rethinking the internal incentives of aid agencies.
Wanton Deviltry, Or
Author :
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 48,15 MB
Release : 194?
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Foreign Aid and Industrial Development in Pakistan
Author : Irving Brecher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 20,99 MB
Release : 2005-11-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521023368
Book Description
This book examines the history of aid flows to Pakistan.
Poverty Alleviation and Poverty of Aid
Author : Fayyaz Baqir
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 41,68 MB
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 0429871538
Book Description
Aid effectiveness has emerged as an intensely debated issue amongst policy makers, donors, development practitioners, civil society and academics during the past decade. This debate revolves around one important question: does official development assistance complement, duplicate or disregard the local resource endowment in offering support to recipient economies? This book draws on Pakistan’s experience in responding to this question with a diverse range of examples. It focuses on a central idea: no aid effectiveness without an effective receiving mechanism. Pakistan is among the top aid recipient countries in the developing economies. It was a shining model in the sixties and it ranks among the highly underperforming countries after the new millennium. This book offers an insight into the dynamics of success and failure of Pakistan in availing foreign financial and technical assistance for human development and poverty alleviation. It draws on field experiences to present case studies on water, shelter, health, education, and health and safety at work to identify the causes and consequences of aid in relation to social reality. Findings relate to developing economies and would be of interest to a wide range of individuals within the development sector.
Leave No One Behind
Author : Homi Kharas
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 15,83 MB
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 081573784X
Book Description
The ambitious 15-year agenda known as the Sustainable Development Goals, adopted in 2015 by all members of the United Nations, contains a pledge that “no one will be left behind.” This book aims to translate that bold global commitment into an action-oriented mindset, focused on supporting specific people in specific places who are facing specific problems. In this volume, experts from Japan, the United States, Canada, and other countries address a range of challenges faced by people across the globe, including women and girls, smallholder farmers, migrants, and those living in extreme poverty. These are many of the people whose lives are at the heart of the aspirations embedded in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. They are the people most in need of such essentials as health care, quality education, decent work, affordable energy, and a clean environment. This book is the result of a collaboration between the Japan International Cooperation Research Institute and the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings. It offers practical ideas for transforming “leave no one behind” from a slogan into effective actions which, if implemented, will make it possible to reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. In addition to policymakers in the field of sustainable development, this book will be of interest to academics, activists, and leaders of international organizations and civil society groups who work every day to promote inclusive economic and social progress.
Politics and the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid
Author : Peter Boone
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 31,91 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Developing countries
ISBN :
Book Description
Critics of foreign aid programs have long argued that poverty reflects government failure. In this paper I analyze the effectiveness of foreign aid programs to gain insights into political regimes in aid recipient countries. My analytical framework shows how three stylized political/economic regimes labeled egalitarian, elitist and laissez-faire would use foreign aid. I then test reduced form equations using data on nonmilitary aid flows to 96 countries. I find that models of elitist political regimes best predict the impact of foreign aid. Aid does not significantly increase investment and growth, nor benefit the poor as measured by improvements in human development indicators, but it does increase the size of government. I also find that the impact of aid does not vary according to whether recipient governments are liberal democratic or highly repressive. But liberal political regimes and democracies, ceteris paribus, have on average 30% lower infant mortality than the least free regimes. This may be due to greater empowerment of the poor under liberal regimes even though the political elite continues to receive the benefits of aid programs. An implication is that short term aid targeted to support new liberal regimes may be a more successful means of reducing poverty than current programs.
Islamabad and the Politics of International Development in Pakistan
Author : Markus Daechsel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 37,65 MB
Release : 2015-03-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107057175
Book Description
This book offers a transnational history of Pakistan's development in the 1950s and 1960s, and the creation of the capital city Islamabad.
Breakdown in Pakistan
Author : Masooda Bano
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,5 MB
Release : 2012-04-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0804781842
Book Description
Thirty percent of foreign development aid is channeled through NGOs or community-based organizations to improve service delivery to the poor, build social capital, and establish democracy in developing nations. However, growing evidence suggests that aid often erodes, rather than promotes, cooperation within developing nations. This book presents a rare, micro level account of the complex decision-making processes that bring individuals together to form collective-action platforms. It then examines why aid often breaks down the very institutions for collective action that it aims to promote. Breakdown in Pakistan identifies concrete measures to check the erosion of cooperation in foreign aid scenarios. Pakistan is one of the largest recipients of international development aid, and therefore the empirical details presented are particularly relevant for policy. The book's argument is equally applicable to a number of other developing countries, and has important implications for recent discussions within the field of economics.
