Price of Aid: The Economic Cold War in India

by David C Engerman and David C. Engerman

Book Overview

"A superb, field-changing book...A true classic."
--Sunil Amrith

"Makes a major contribution towards a necessary discussion of the politics of aid."
--Times Higher Education

Debates over foreign aid are often strangely ahistorical. Economists argue about effectiveness--how to make aid work--while critics bemoan money wasted on corruption, ignoring the fundamentally political character of aid. The Price...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674241673
• ISBN13: 9780674241671
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.9"