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Catalysing Development?: A Debate on Aid

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ISBN: 978-1-405-12119-4

September 2004

Wiley-Blackwell

228 pages

Description
This volume presents a state-of-the-art debate on the controversial topic of development aid.
  • The contributors are all experts in the field of international development.
  • Presents some challenging conclusions about the role that aid plays in catalysing, or stifling, development.
  • Represents a wide range of different analytical perspectives.
About the Author
Jan P. Pronk was Minister for Development Co-operation of the Netherlands from 1974 to 1977, and from 1989 to 1998, and Minister for Environment from 1998 to 2002. He now holds a Chair in the Theory and Practice of International Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague.
Features

  • A state-of-the-art debate on the controversial topic of development aid.

  • The contributors are all experts in the field of international development.
  • Presents some challenging conclusions about the role that aid plays in catalysing, or stifling, development.
  • Represents a wide range of different analytical perspectives.