(Ebook) Assessing the impact of foreign aid : value for money and aid for trade by Jakupec, Viktor; Kelly, Max ISBN 9780128036600, 9780128036716, 0128036605, 0128036710

(Ebook) Assessing the impact of foreign aid : value for money and aid for trade by Jakupec, Viktor; Kelly, Max ISBN 9780128036600, 9780128036716, 0128036605, 0128036710

Assessing the Impact of Foreign Aid: Value for Money and Aid for Tradeprovides updated information on how to improve foreign aid programs, exploring the concept and practice of impact assessment within the sometimes-unproblematic approaches advocated in current literature of value for money and aid for trade.Contributors from multi-lateral agencies and NGOs discuss the changing patterns of Official Development Assistance and their effects on impact assessment, providing theoretical, political, structural, methodological, and practical frameworks, discussions, and a theory-practice nexus.With twin foci of economics and policy this book raises the potential for making sophisticated and coherent decisions on aid allocation to developing countries. Addresses the impact of aid for trade and value for money, rather than its implementationDiscusses the changing patterns of Official Development Assistance and their effects on impact assessment, providing theoretical, political, structural, methodological, and practical frameworks, discussions, and a theory-practice nexusAssesses the effects and implications of the value for money and aid for trade agendasHighlights economic issues