Political Economy and the Aid Industry in Asia

by Wil Hout, Caroline Hughes, Richard Robison, et al.

Book Overview

The international aid industry's experimentation with political economy analysis is on the road to nowhere, so long as major assumptions remain unchallenged; namely, that development is a public good and reform comes from experts and enlightened reformers working in partnership on new institutions, whilst development failures are the result of information failures or perverse incentives, as collective action problems.

This book provocatively...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137303603
• ISBN13: 9781137303608
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.6"