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United States Development Assistance Policy: The Domestic Politics of Foreign
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United States Development Assistance Policy: The Domestic Politics of Foreign Economic Aid Hardcover - 1995

by Vernon W. Ruttan; Vernon W. Ruttan (Editor)


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Economist Vernon Ruttan offers a comprehensive review of United States development assistance policy from the end of World War II to the present. His emphasis is on the structures and programs that proliferated over the past fifty years designed to provide underdeveloped countries with technical and economic assistance. Ruttan follows the development of the U.S. Agency for International Development, quasigovernmental agencies, and private voluntary organizations. He also examines U.S. policy toward the World Bank, United Nations agencies, and other international development assistance organizations.

Ruttan's interest is not to measure the impact of U.S. assistance programs, but to examine the domestic political forces that have directed U.S. development assistance policy. By means of this detailed review, he shows how political interests often detrimentally influenced development efforts. Ruttan concludes that the U.S. development assistance program is in disarray and that there is a real need for its deep re-evaluation and restructuring. The last two chapters of the book review past reform efforts and outline Ruttan's own recommendations.

A large and important work from one of the most influential development economists active today, this book will serve as a reference both for specialists and for those wanting a deeper understanding of development issues.

Details

  • Title United States Development Assistance Policy: The Domestic Politics of Foreign Economic Aid
  • Author Vernon W. Ruttan; Vernon W. Ruttan (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 688
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Date December 1, 1995
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780801850516 / 0801850517
  • Weight 2.39 lbs (1.08 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.31 x 6.33 x 1.69 in (23.65 x 16.08 x 4.29 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government, United States - Foreign relations
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95006422
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.917