Author: Great Britain. Ministry of Overseas Development
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ISBN: 9780101654401
Category : Economic assistance, British
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Languages : en
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Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Author: Great Britain. Ministry of Overseas Development. Library
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Category : Economic assistance, British
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Author: Great Britain. Overseas Development Administration
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Category : Economic assistance, British
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Author: Gerard Van Bilzen
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443874086
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 775

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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 to Europe. But reality proved to be different: providing aid was a very long-term affair. Since the Fifties, the aid provided has changed at different occasions. In the beginning, aid concentrated on constructing infrastructure, such as roads, railways, dams, and harbours, in order to promote industrial development. In the Sixties, aid to agriculture was added, and in the Seventies aid to social sectors (Basic Needs) was also provided. The Eighties brought worldwide debt problems. Major donors applied structural adjustment policies; some called this the lost decade (década perdida). The Nineties saw the arrival of the first environmental considerations, and asked for attention for the role of women and good governance. The form of aid changed from projects to programmes and budget support. Describing the different aid forms of the last 65 years and analysing why aid changed from time to time are the subjects of this book. Professionals and students in the area of international cooperation will benefit from studying this history, as, at this moment, old concepts are reappearing or applied by new donors like China. Is the pendulum really swinging back, as Louis Emmerij at one point suggested?

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Category : Economic assistance, British
Languages : en
Pages : 652

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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 786

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Developments in British official statistics.

Author: S. L. Kaushik
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788170995906
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Languages : en
Pages : 442

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Author: Tim Lankester
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415529522
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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This book provides a comprehensive and critical account of a significant episode in British - Malaysia relations and gives readers a detailed case study of a major aid project and of government decision-making in Britain and Malaysia. It describes the origins of the proposal to fund the Pergau Dam, the Overseas Development Administration's initial response, the pressure on ODA from the UK contractors and other government departments, the offer of aid by Mrs Thatcher, and the scandal that followed.