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Author Van Bilzen, Gerard.

Title Development of aid
Published [Place of publication not identified] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015

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Contents Ch. One. Aid and Development: An Introduction -- 1. What is Aid? -- 2. How is Aid delivered? -- 3. The Importance of Aid -- 4. Why Aid? -- 5. Why no Aid? -- 6. Aid is not new -- 7. What is Development? -- 8. How to measure Development? -- 9. What are Developing Countries? -- 10. Aid is Changing
Ch. Two 1940-1950: The Origins -- 1. Political Context -- 2. Economic Context -- 3. Events -- 4. Consensus Building -- 5. Conclusion
Ch. Three 1950-1960: Infrastructure -- 1. Political Context -- 2. Economic Context -- 3. Overall Figures and Organisation -- 4. Aid Modalities -- 5. Paradigm -- 6. Consensus Building -- 7. Lessons Learned
Ch. Four 1960-1970: Introducing Agriculture -- 1. Political Context -- 2. Economic Context -- 3. Overall Figures and Organisation -- 4. Aid Modalities -- 5. Paradigm -- 6. Consensus Building -- 7. Lessons Learned
Ch. Five 1970-1980: Basic Needs -- 1. Political Context -- 2. Economic Context -- 3. Institutional Context -- 4. Overall Figures and Organisation -- 5. Aid Modalities -- 6. Paradigm -- 7. Consensus Building -- 8. Lessons Learned
Ch. Six 1980-1990: Structural Adjustment -- 1. Political Context -- 2. Economic Context -- 3. Overall Figures and Organisation -- 4. Aid Modalities -- 5. Paradigm -- 6. Consensus Building -- 7. Lessons Learned
Ch. Seven 1990-2000: Second Generation Structural Adjustment -- 1. Political Context -- 2. Economic Context -- 3. Overall Figures and Organisation -- 4. Aid Modalities -- 5. Paradigm -- 6. Consensus Building -- 7. Lessons Learned
Ch. Eight 2000-2010: Millennium Development Goals -- 1. Political Context -- 2. Economic Context -- 3. Overall Figures and Organisation -- 4. Aid Modalities -- 5. Paradigm -- 6. Consensus Building -- 7. Lessons Learned
Ch. Nine 2010-Now: Partnerships? -- 1. Political Context -- 2. Economic Context -- 3. Overall Figures and Organisation -- 4. Aid Modalities -- 5. Paradigm -- 6. Consensus Building -- 7. Lessons Learned
Summary Aid to developing countries started well before World War II, but was undertaken as an ad hoc activity or was delivered by private organizations. This changed after the War. In his Inaugural Address in 1949, the American President, Harry Truman, announced a ""bold new programme for making the benefits of our scientific advances and industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped nations"" (the so-called ""Point IV"" Plan). At that time it was thought that this support would be needed only for a limited number of years, comparable to the Marshall Plan assistance t
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Economic assistance -- History -- 20th century
Development studies.
Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000.
International relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Economic assistance
Entwicklungshilfe
Geschichte
Welt
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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