Foreign aid looms large in the public discourse; and international development assistance remains squarely on most policy agendas concerned with growth, poverty and inequality in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world. The present review takes a retrospective look at how foreign aid has evolved since World War II in response to a dramatically changing global political and economic context. I review the aid process and associated trends in the volume and distribution of aid and categorize some of the key goals, principles and institutions of the aid system. The evidence on whether aid has been effective in furthering economic growth and development is discussed in some detail. I add perspective and identify some critical unresolved issues. I finally turn to the current development debate and discuss some key concerns, which I believe should be kept in mind in formulating any agenda for aid in the future
In: In book: Debt Relief for Poor Countries, Chapter: Public Spending and Poverty in Mozambique (chapter 10), Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan: Houndsmills, Editors: T. Addison, H. Hansen, F. Tarp, pp.209-240, 2004
In: In book: Foreign aid and Development: Lessons Learnt for the Future., Chapter: Aid Effectiveness Disputed (ch. 4), Publisher: Routledge: London and New York, Editors: F Tarp, pp.103-128, 2000
In: In book: Foreign aid and Development: Lessons Learnt for the Future, Chapter: Foreign Aid and Development: Summary and Synthesis, Publisher: Routledge: London and New York, Editors: Finn Tarp, pp.1-14, 2000
Detaillierte Darstellung der Agrarpreispolitik des Landes seit der Unabhängigkeit 1975. Effektivität der Preispolitik, Preisindex, Inflation werden bewertet und im Zusammenhang mit auswärtigem politischen Druck und zunehmenden innenpolitischen Schwierigkeiten gesehen. Analysiert werden verschiedene Möglichkeiten von Seiten der Regierung, in den Agrarmarkt einzugreifen. (DÜI-Fry)