Why do countries give foreign aid? Although many countries have official development assistance programs, this book argues that no two of them see the purpose o

Explores the different choices made by donor governments when delivering foreign aid projects around the world.

A twentieth-century innovation, foreign aid has become a familiar and even expected element in international relations. But scholars and government officials co

The United States is the world's leading foreign aid donor. Yet there has been little inquiry into how such assistance affects the politics and societies of rec

Assessing Aid determines that the effectiveness of aid is not decided by the amount received but rather the institutional and policy environment into which it i