Does Foreign Aid Really Work?

Does Foreign Aid Really Work?
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 531
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ISBN-10 : 9780199544462
ISBN-13 : 0199544468
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Book Synopsis Does Foreign Aid Really Work? by : Roger C. Riddell

Download or read book Does Foreign Aid Really Work? written by Roger C. Riddell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-08-07 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provided for over 60 years, and expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation, foreign aid is now a $100bn business. But does it work? Indeed, is it needed at all? In this first-ever, overall assessment of aid, Roger Riddell provides a rigorous but highly readable account of aid, warts and all.


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