Toxic Aid

Economic Collapse and Recovery in Tanzania
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-19-882552-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 355 g

For many years Tanzania was the darling of international aid agencies. During the 1970s it received more assistance per capita than any other nation in the world. And yet, the economy performed dismally: growth was negative, exports collapsed, and poverty increased massively. In the mid-1980s, however, the international community changed tack and developed an approach based on conditionality and "program ownership". Since 1996 the country has grown steadily, and social conditions have improved significantly. This book provides an economic history of Tanzania since independence in 1961. It covers the policies of African Socialism and the Arusha Declaration, the collapse of the early 1980s, the rocky relationships with the IMF, and the reforms of the 1990s and 2000s. This book shows that the relationship between foreign aid economic is highly complex, and that the effect of foreign assistance on poor countries performance depends on historical circumstances, ownership of programs, and the involvement of the local communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edwards, Sebastian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface and Acknowledgements

- 1: Tanzania: Finally a Success Story?

- 2: Tanzania's Market-Oriented Reforms and Economic Performance: The "Official Story'"

- 3: The War of Ideas and Foreign Aid

- 4: The Evolution of Foreign Aid to Tanzania, 1961-2011

- 5: The Arusha Declaration, Foreign Aid, and the Crisis of 1979

- 6: Economic Collapse

- 7: Tanzania and the IMF: A Troubled Relationship

- 8: The Wheels of Aid and the First Round of Reforms, 1986-1995

- 9: A New Beginning: The Ownership of Aid Programs

- 10: The Second Wave of Reforms: Vision and Policies

- 11: Is Tanzania a Success Story?

- Bibliography

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sebastian Edwards is the Henry Ford II Professor of International Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.