The price of aid : the economic cold war in India / David C. Engerman.
The price of aid : the economic cold war in India / David C. Engerman.
The price of aid : the economic cold war in India / David C. Engerman.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
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G 2018/1310
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English
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vii, 501 pages ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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Introduction: Foreign aid and development politics in India -- Part I. Learning development, 1947-1955: Debating development and discovering India -- Inventing development aid -- Part II. The heyday of the economic cold war, 1955-1966: The geopolitics of economic expertise -- The aid project and col...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
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Massachusetts
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2018.
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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...
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The price of aid : the economic cold war in India / David C. Engerman.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/1310
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74VKVNEe2RN3
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0674659597 hardcover alkaline paper
9780674659599 hardcover alkaline paper
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338.91095409045
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991024160984102626
