Ideas, Interests and Foreign Aid

by A. Maurits Van Der Veen

Book Overview

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 programmes in the same way. Moreover, the way countries frame that purpose has shaped aid policy choices past and present. The author examines how Belgium long gave aid out of a sense of obligation to its former colonies, The Netherlands was more interested in pursuing international...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052126409X
• ISBN13: 9780521264099
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"