The following post, co-authored with Shruti Godbole, appeared on brookings.edu on March 1, 2018.
The issue of development aid has significant contemporary
relevance. Today, many longstanding donor countries like the United States
debate the efficacy of aid, while new donors such as China and India explore
the possibility of using economic assistance for political purposes. As David
Engerman, Professor of History at Brandeis University, shows in his new book
The Price of Aid, development politics can have significant – often
unintentional and undesirable – effects for both donor and recipient countries.
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