| Description |
1 online resource |
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Aid and Development Set |
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Aid and Development Set
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| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Prologue; Contents; Preface; Acronyms; 1. Pressure on Forests; Expropriation; The International Division of Labour; Debt; Population Is Not the Problem; Forests and the Poor; 2. Aid; The Nature of the Phenomenon; Aid As Commercial Subsidy; Quantities, Types and Channels; Geographical Allocation; Conditionality; "Poverty-Focused" Aid; Aid and the Environment; 3. British Aid; Volume and Composition; Geographical Allocation; Administration; Procedures; Policies; Aid to Creditors; Aid to British Industry; Aid to the poorest; Aid and the Environment; Forests |
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Projects For and Against Forests, Trees and the PoorConclusions; 4. European Community Aid; The Sahel; Tropical Rainforests; Other Forest Projects; 5. French Aid; Summary and Proposals; Proposals; Support For Progressive Governments; An end to conditionality; An International Convention?; Stopping Bad Projects; Disclosure of Information; Commercial Subsidies; The Volume of Aid; Poverty-Focused and Environment-Focused Projects; Non-Government Organisations (NGOs); Research and Training; Structural Adjustment Lending; Debt; Selected Sources and Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
How do ''types'' of aid differ? Why are there different kinds? When is one more appropriate than another? How can you tell ''good'' aid from ''bad''?Friends of the Earth commissioned Teresa Hayter, author of Aid as Imperialism and Aid: Rhetoric and Reality, to examine Britain's aid policy and practice, paying particular attention to its effects on the worlds forests. In this book she describes the history of the different forms of aid and their effects. On behalf of one of the West's most effective environmental lobbies, Exploited Earth show how and why British aid needs to change. Originally p |
| Notes |
Originally published in association with the Friends of the Earth: London : Earthscan Publications, 1989, |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Economic assistance, British -- Developing countries
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries
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Deforestation -- Developing countries
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Rain forests -- Developing countries
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Deforestation
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Economic assistance, British
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects
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Rain forests
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Developing countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Friends of the Earth.
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| ISBN |
9781134070589 |
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1134070586 |
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