The price of aid : the economic cold war in India (Record no. 62243)
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| fixed length control field | 02037nam a2200229 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780674986725 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 338.91095409045 |
| Item number | ENG/P |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Engerman, David C |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The price of aid : the economic cold war in India |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Cambridge |
| Name of publisher | Harvard University press |
| Year of publication | 2018 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | vii, 501 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Debates over foreign aid can seem strangely innocent of history. Economists argue about effectiveness and measurement--how to make aid work. Meanwhile, critics in donor countries bemoan what they see as money wasted on corrupt tycoons or unworthy recipients. What most ignore is the essentially political character of foreign aid. Looking back to the origins and evolution of foreign aid during the Cold War, David C. Engerman invites us to recognize the strategic thinking at the heart of development assistance--as well as the political costs. In The Price of Aid, Engerman argues that superpowers turned to foreign aid as a tool of the Cold War. India, the largest of the ex-colonies, stood at the center of American and Soviet aid competition. Officials of both superpowers saw development aid as an instrument for pursuing geopolitics through economic means. But Indian officials had different ideas, seeking superpower aid to advance their own economic visions, thus bringing external resources into domestic debates about India's economic future. Drawing on an expansive set of documents, many recently declassified, from seven countries, Engerman reconstructs a story of Indian leaders using Cold War competition to win battles at home, but in the process eroding the Indian state. The Indian case provides an instructive model today. As China spends freely in Africa, the political stakes of foreign aid are rising once again.-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Economic assistance |
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| Topical Term | Economic assistance, American |
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| Topical Term | Economic assistance, Soviet |
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| Topical Term | Cold War |
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| Topical Term | Cold War |
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| Topical Term | Geopolitics |
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| Koha item type | BK |
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| control field | 19989833 |
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| LC control number | 2017036333 |
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| Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 14/09/2021 | 799.00 | 338.91095409045 ENG/P | 53453 | BK |