Why do countries give foreign aid? Although many countries have official development assistance programs, this book argues that no two of them see the purpose of these programs in the same way. Moreover, the way countries frame that purpose has shaped aid policy choices past and present. The author
National Interest and Foreign Aid
β Scribed by Steven W. Hook
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers
- Year
- 2023
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 240
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
A comparative evaluation of the varying foreign policy roles served by the development assistance programs of France, Japan, Sweden, and the United States.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I The Context of National Interest and Foreign Aid
1 Introduction
2 The Setting of Development Assistance
PART 2 Country Studies
3 French ODA: The Projection of Grandeur
4 The Geoeconomics of Japanese ODA
5 Swedish ODA: The Nordic Model Under Stress
6 The Geopolitics of U.S. ODA
PART 3 Patterns and Prospects
7 The Comparative Record
8 National Interest and Foreign Aid: Toward the Millennium
Appendix 1: Summary of the Research Strategy
Appendix 2: Primary Aid Donors to Recipient LDCs, 1988-1989
References
Index
About the Book and the Author
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