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Author: Roger C. Riddell (Non-Executive Director, Oxford Policy Management, and Principal, The Policy Practice)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.940kg
ISBN: 9780199295654
ISBN 10: 0199295654
Pages: 536
Publication Date: 01 April 2007
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9780199544462
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This volume is a valuable resource and an important contribution to the literature on foreign aid. Social and Behavioral sciences Riddell provides a compelling and thorough account of the intricacies of foreign aid International Affairs ...[an] excellent and significant book... Alex De Waal, Times Literary Supplement ...everything anyone might want to know about the subject. Nigel Grimwade, Times Higher Education Supplement For anyone who wants to know more about development assistance, this is a 'must- read'. Roger Riddell provides us with a nuanced and honest outline of past and current aid-flows, their complexities, trends and possible impact. Does aid really work? His answer is a conditional, cautious - yes. And he presents some bold proposals to address some of the systemic weaknesses. It was strong international leadership that delivered the aid-reforms of the 90's. The question is whether the current leaders in development are ready for this debate? Hilde Frafjord Johnson, former Minister of International Development of Norway In this impressive new study, Riddell has surpassed even his distinguished Foreign Aid Reconsidered. It includes a rare and much-needed analysis of emergency and voluntary assistance. Complete and authoritative, the book will have a long life as the definitive account of its important subject. Professor Robert Cassen, London School of Economics This book is a heroic achievement. Not only has Roger Riddell mapped out with great clarity the arcane world of international aid, in a way that will help the practitioner as much as the general reader, he has also produced visionary and challenging recommendations for reform of the system. Sir Michael Aaronson, former Director General of Save the Children UK
This volume is a valuable resource and an important contribution to the literature on foreign aid. Social and Behavioral sciences Riddell provides a compelling and thorough account of the intricacies of foreign aid International Affairs ...[an] excellent and significant book... Alex De Waal, Times Literary Supplement ...everything anyone might want to know about the subject. Nigel Grimwade, Times Higher Education Supplement For anyone who wants to know more about development assistance, this is a 'must- read'. Roger Riddell provides us with a nuanced and honest outline of past and current aid-flows, their complexities, trends and possible impact. Does aid really work? His answer is a conditional, cautious - yes. And he presents some bold proposals to address some of the systemic weaknesses. It was strong international leadership that delivered the aid-reforms of the 90's. The question is whether the current leaders in development are ready for this debate? Hilde Frafjord Johnson, former Minister of International Development of Norway In this impressive new study, Riddell has surpassed even his distinguished Foreign Aid Reconsidered. It includes a rare and much-needed analysis of emergency and voluntary assistance. Complete and authoritative, the book will have a long life as the definitive account of its important subject. Professor Robert Cassen, London School of Economics This book is a heroic achievement. Not only has Roger Riddell mapped out with great clarity the arcane world of international aid, in a way that will help the practitioner as much as the general reader, he has also produced visionary and challenging recommendations for reform of the system. Sir Michael Aaronson, former Director General of Save the Children UK
Author Information
With degrees in economics, development studies and theology, Roger Riddell has been actively involved in development for more than 30 years. He has worked for developing country governments, for the private sector and for NGOs, and undertaken work for more than 10 leading bilateral and multilateral aid agencies and international institutions. He spent almost 15 years as a Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute in London. From 1999 to 2004, he was the International Director of Christian Aid, one of the UK's largest relief and development NGOs. Among his numerous publications, he has written two previous books on foreign aid, including (in 1987) Foreign Aid Reconsidered, widely acclaimed as a leading text on aid and development. Following its Independence in 1980, Mr. Riddell was the Chair of the first Presidential Economic Commission in Zimbabwe.
