Greening Aid?: Understanding the Environmental Impact of Development Assistance

by Michael J. Tierney, Robert L. Hicks, Bradley C. Parks, et al.

Book Overview

Every year, billions of dollars of environmental aid flow from the rich governments of the North to the poor governments of the South. Why do donors provide this aid? What do they seek to achieve? How effective is the aid given? And does it always go to the places of greatest environmental need?

From the first Earth Summit in Stockholm in 1972 to the G8 Gleneagles meeting in 2005, the issue of the impact of aid on the global environment has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199582793
• ISBN13: 9780199582792
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.4"