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Aiding Recovery?: The Crisis of Aid in Chronic Political Emergencies
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m More and more governments in Africa and elsewhere, buckle under the strain of economic crisis, structural adjustment, declining legitimacy, and civil war.International aid has traditionally assumed the existence of stable, sovereign states, capable of making policy. In a number of developing countries, this is no longer the case. The big donor agencies have usually responded by suspending development aid and substituting some kind of emergency or relief assistance. Joanna Macrae shows from her on the ground investigations that relief and development aid are very distinct processes and cannot be merged in practice. Where the public authorities are weak, aid becomes highly fragmented, often inadequate in scale, and certainly not capable of leading to locally sustainable programmes. The international aid system, she concludes, faces real dilemmas and remains ill-equipped to respond to the peculiar challenges of quasi-statehood that characterize chronic political emergencies and their aftermath.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1610272 in Books
- Published on: 2001-07-01
- Format: Illustrated
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 224 pages
Editorial Reviews
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" A sobering reassessment of the role and impact of aid in unstable states." -- Jeff Crisp. Head of Evaluation and Policy Analysis, United Nations High Commisioner for Refugees
" An important book that promises to inform thinking and action." -- Shepard Forman, Director of the Center on International Cooperation
