The Future of Aid
eBook - ePub

The Future of Aid

Global Public Investment

  1. 140 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Future of Aid

Global Public Investment

About this book

International cooperation has never been more needed, but the current system of "aid" is outdated and ineffective. The Future of Aid calls for a wholesale restructuring of the aid project, a totally new approach fit for the challenges of the 21st century: Global Public Investment.

Across the world, billions of people are struggling to get by in unequal and unsustainable societies, and international public finance, which should be part of the answer, is woefully deficient. Engagingly written by a well-known expert in the field, The Future of Aid calls for a series of paradigm shifts.

  • From a narrow focus on poverty to a broader attack on inequality and sustainability.
  • From seeing international public money as a temporary last resort, to valuing it as a permanent force for good.
  • From North-South transfers to a collective effort, with all paying in and all benefitting.
  • From outdated post-colonial institutions to representative decision-making.
  • From the othering and patronising language of "foreign aid", to the empowering concept of Global Public Investment.

Ten years ago, in The Trouble with Aid, Jonathan Glennie highlighted the dangers of aid dependency and the importance of looking beyond aid. Now he calls for a revolution in the way that we think about the role of public money to back up our ambitious global objectives. In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, it is time for a new era of internationalism.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9780367359324
eBook ISBN
9781000261264
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Tables
  8. Foreword by Helen Clark
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Glossary of key terms
  11. 1 The beginning of the end?
  12. 2 Scaling up: National > Regional > Global
  13. 3 AMBITION: from survive to thrive
  14. 4 FUNCTION: from last resort to first priority
  15. 5 GEOGRAPHY: from North-South to universal
  16. 6 GOVERNANCE: from hierarchical to horizontal
  17. 7 NARRATIVE: from charity to investment
  18. 8 Towards internationalism
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index
  21. 4.1 Eight potential sources of finance for development (with examples)