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008			220801s2018 enk b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9781783609338 _q(pbk.)
040			_beng _cASTL
100	1		_aYanguas, Pablo, _eauthor. _9847953
245	1	0	_aWhy we lie about aid : _bdevelopment and the messy politics of change / _cPablo Yanguas.
264		1	_a[London] : _bZed, _c2018.
264		4	_c©2018
300			_aviii, 267 pages ; _c22 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index.
505	0	0	_gIntroduction -- _gOne _tThe theatrics of aid debates -- _gTwo _tThe banality of certainty -- _gThree _tThe ugly politics of change -- _gFour _tThe limits of donor influence -- _gFive _tThe paradoxes of development diplomacy -- _gSix _tThe struggle of thinking politically -- _gSeven _tUnderstanding the messy politics of change -- _gConclusion.
520			_aForeign aid is about charity. International development is about technical fixes. At least that is what we, as donors, are constantly told. The result is a highly dysfunctional aid system that mistakes short-term results for long-term transformation and gets attacked across the political spectrum: those on the right claiming we spend too much, those on the left that we don't spend enough. The reality, as Pablo Yanguas argues in this highly provocative book, is that aid isn't--or at least shouldn't be--about levels of spending, nor interventions shackled to vague notions of accountability, ownership, and harmonization. Instead, a different approach is possible, one that acknowledges aid as being about struggle, about taking sides, and about politics. It is an approach that has been quietly applied by innovative development practitioners around the world, providing political coverage for local reformers to open up spaces for change. Drawing on a variety of convention-defying stories from aid practitioners across the world, from Britain to the United States and Sierra Leone to Honduras, Yanguas provides an eye-opening account of what we really mean when we talk about aid. -- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aEconomic assistance _xPolitical aspects. _9847954
650		6	_aAide économique _xAspect politique. _9847955
650		7	_aEconomic assistance _xPolitical aspects. _2fast _9847954
650		7	_aEntwicklungspolitik _2gnd _9847956
650		7	_aEntwicklungstheorie _2gnd _9847957
650		7	_aEntwicklungszusammenarbeit _2gnd _9847958
650		7	_aDeveloping countries. _2pplt _9847959
650		7	_aDevelopment aid. _2pplt _9847960
776	0	8	_iEbook version : _z9781783609369
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