dc.contributor.author | Maxwell, Simon | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-24T15:58:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-24T15:58:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 01/01/1996 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Maxwell, S. (1996) Apples, Pears and Poverty Reduction: An Assessment of British Bilateral Aid. IDS Bulletin 27(1): 109-122 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1759-5436 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/9248 | |
dc.description.abstract | Summaries Aid quality is often investigated using cross?country statistical methods. The article takes a more institutional approach. It reviews British bilateral aid, in order to investigate the complex interaction between policy and practice in aid for poverty reduction. There has been a stated desire to increase the poverty focus of the programme. However, it is difficult to trace the effect of a new policy in the statistics. More important has been the influence of an external factor, the increase in the demand for emergency aid. This has risen from 2 per cent to 14 per cent in a decade, increasing the poverty focus of the programme, but for the ‘wrong’ reason. At the same time, the share of technical cooperation has increased sharply: it is hard to trace the poverty?reducing impact of this form of aid. Statistical analysis which ignores policy shifts and changes in aid composition may be misleading. | en |
dc.format.extent | 14 | en |
dc.publisher | Institute of Development Studies | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | IDS Bulletin Vol. 27 Nos. 1 | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdf | en |
dc.title | Apples, Pears and Poverty Reduction: An Assessment of British Bilateral Aid | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.rights.holder | © 1996 Institue of Development Studies | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1759-5436.1996.mp27001010.x | en |