 Aid RelationshipI. G. Patel
Chapter 14 in Essays in Economic Policy and Economic Growth, 1986, pp 195-211 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract The Pearson Commission (1968–69) was born out of a sense of crisis and despair about development assistance. From its modest beginning in the early 1950s, foreign aid had increased to substantial proportions by the middle of the Development Decade. For the poorer two-thirds of mankind, the decade and a half before the establishment of the commission was a period of rapid awakening and sizeable progress towards modernisation and a sense of national identity and purpose. And yet, the concept of international co-operation for building stable and self-reliant societies began to lose its shine before it had gained any wide-spread currency. Among donors and recipients alike, there was frequent talk of a crisis of confidence, and a feeling of disenchantment with foreign aid. It was against this background that a ‘grand assize’ of internationally eminent persons was summoned to ‘meet together, study the consequences of twenty years of development assistance, assess the results, clarify the errors and propose the policies which will work better in the future’. Keywords: Development Assistance; International Development Association; Development Decade; Special Draw Right; Eminent Person (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-18358-6_15 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-18358-6_15 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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