The state of development in Africa: concepts, challenges and opportunities

Furthermore, aid, as some critics such as Dambisa Moyo (2009: 56-65) have recently rather devastatingly demonstrated, also ultimately undermined economic development, perpetuated poverty and undercut civil society, while also provoking conflicts in Africa by making the seizure and retention of power...

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Published inJournal of international relations and development Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 97 - 108
Main Authors Soko, Mills, Lehmann, Jean-Pierre
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Palgrave Macmillan UK 01.01.2011
Palgrave Macmillan
Subjects
Africa
Area Studies
Colonialism
Conceptualization
Development Studies
Economic Development
Economic Integration
Economic Policy
Exports
Forum
Governance
International Relations
Investment
Leadership
Markets
Political economy
Political Science and International Relations
Political Science and International Studies
Recessions
Regional analysis
Regional development
Regional integration
Socioeconomic development
Studies
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Summary:Furthermore, aid, as some critics such as Dambisa Moyo (2009: 56-65) have recently rather devastatingly demonstrated, also ultimately undermined economic development, perpetuated poverty and undercut civil society, while also provoking conflicts in Africa by making the seizure and retention of power indispensable to gaining unbridled access to aid largesse. [...] aid undermined social capital 'by thwarting accountability mechanisms, encouraging rent seeking behaviour, siphoning off scarce talent from the employment pool, and removing pressures to reform inefficient policies and institutions' (ibid.: 59).
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ISSN:1408-6980
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DOI:10.1057/jird.2010.22