Smart Aid for African Development
  • 2008/306 pages

Smart Aid for African Development

Richard Joseph and Alexandra Gillies, editors
Hardcover: $59.95
ISBN: 978-1-58826-606-4
Paperback: $26.50
ISBN: 978-1-58826-632-3
Despite hundreds of billions of dollars spent on foreign aid to sub-Saharan Africa, a sure path to growth and development has not yet been found—and each new heralded approach has crumbled amid regrets and recriminations.

The authors of Smart Aid for African Development provide critical assessments of the main components of foreign assistance, considering how smarter use can be made of available resources to advance growth and democracy, rebuild war-torn societies, and reduce the crippling poverty that underlies many of the continent’s fierce conflicts.
Richard Joseph is John Evans Professor of International History and Politics at Northwestern University. Alexandra Gillies is head of governance programs at the Revenue Watch Institute.