Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyright02; Contents; Tables; Preface; Glossary; Introduction; Chapter 1 India's Aid Resources in Macroeconomic Context; Chapter 2 Aid and Poverty in India; Chapter 3 Policy Dialogue; Chapter 4 The Systemic Effects of Aid and Donor Procedures; Chapter 5 Project Aid to India; Chapter 6 Resource Management, Institution Building, and Technical Assistance; Chapter 7 Aid and Market Forces; Appendix: Conclusions of the India Aid Effectiveness Study; Notes; Index
Summary
Much about India's economy and aid flows has changed in the last two decades. India's growth rate has quickened since economic liberalisation, the poverty head count has fallen and the volume and composition of its aid have changed as new issues of climate change and the environment have emerged. Yet Does Aid Work in India?, first published in 1990, remains of great interest as a study of aid effectiveness in India's pre-liberalisation era. It identifies those sectors where aid-funded interventions succeeded, and where they failed. It explains how India avoided problems of aid dependence, and
