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"This text explores the changes foreign aid has undergone between the late 1950s and the late 1990s. It examines these changes in the context of the wider economic and political developments. The book analyzes why some countries - both in the developing world and former communist states - seem to need assistance. It critically surveys the values-based and interests-based arguments in favour of aid and its many forms; encompasses the non-governmental and multicultural dimensions as well as the bilateral flows, at national and sub-national levels; and focuses particularly on the contemporary emphasis on making aid dependent on democratization and ""good government"". Peter Burnell examines the principal influences on foreign aid, what makes aid controversial, and whether it has a future."

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"This is an accessible and highly readable book about an increasingly central issue...makes interesting reading for more advanced students and for practitioners of foreign aid...Burnell traces the rise, fall and subsequent revival of the aid debate in a succinct and informative fashion." - Democratization

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Peter Burnell is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. He is the author of several books and articles on foreign aid which he teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

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