International Development Assistance Policy Drivers and Performance /

• Main Author: Stokke, Olav (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: EADI Global Development Series
• Subjects: Political economy.; Economic development.; Economic policy.; Poverty.; International relations.; International Political Economy.; Development Theory.; Development Policy.; Development Aid.; Foreign Policy.

This book provides a comprehensive search for the basic political drivers of international development cooperation, based on the policy and performance of the OECD countries from the early 1960s to the present. The author focuses on the stated and implemented policies of the four so-called frontrunn...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Searching for the Policy Drivers of ODA
• 1. Introduction
• Part II International ODA Targets, Their Follow-Up and Real Value to Recipients
• 2. The Evolving International Volume Targets
• 3. The Follow-Up on the 0.7% Target: A Bird's-Eye Perspective
• 4. What is the Real Value of ODA to Recipients?
• Part III ODA Targets and Policy Determinants: the Frontrunners and the Western Hegemon 5. Denmark: The Pragmatic Frontrunner
• 6. Norway: Altruism under Strain
• 7. Sweden: Combining Domestic Values with Neutralism
• 8. The Netherlands: Merchant and Clergyman
• 9. The United States: The Realist
• Part IV Analysis and Conclusions
• 10. The Drivers of ODA: What Can They Tell About Its Future?.