Implementing Development Assistance: European Approaches To Basic Needs (westview Replica Edition)

Although much has been written about development assistance to the Third World, nearly all the attention has focused on U.S. programs and policy. The important and growing commitment of European countries--which now collectively account for over half of all development assistance provided by the industrialized nations--has been virtually ignored. European nations, like the u.s., support in principle a “basic needs†focus in their assistance programs, but the strategies they employ reveal a variety of styles and technical approaches, many of which could be useful in improving U.S. aid programs. This study describes and analyzes the development assistance programs of the five major European donors: France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Sweden. Drawing on primary sources and interviews with representatives of the various assistance agencies and with outside experts, Dr. Arnold describes each country's program in terms of three general areas: the evolution of its philosophy and overall policy goals, the organizational structure of the government institutions concerned with development assistance (including the relationship of these institutions to legislative and other policymaking bodies), and the content and procedures of the assistance programs. And Future Prospects6 UNITED KINGDOM; Introduction; General Characteristics; Historical Development; Organizational Structure; Major Assistance Organizations; Policy Formulation; Development Program; Major Characteristics; Terms; Countries; The Assistance Programming Cycle; Summary and Future Prospects; 7 CONCLUSIONS; Determinants of Program Characteristics; Historical Experience; Foreign Policy; Domestic Politics and Administrative Structure; Common Administrative Problems; Interpretation of Basic Needs; Programming Issues; Donor-Recipient Relationship Research report on the interpretation of basic needs and role of developed countries in Western Europe in providing development aid - comprises case studies of France, Germany, Federal Republic, Netherlands, Sweden and the UK; discusses trends (1960-1980), objectives, institutional framework of aid institutions, aid programmes (incl. Bilateral aid, multilateral aid, grants, terms of aid, food aid and technical cooperation), geographic distribution, sectoral allocations, related decision making, public opinion, etc. Bibliography and references Steven H. Arnold. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 213-218.