The Future of Foreign Aid: Development Cooperation and the New Geography of Global Poverty (Palgrave Pivot)

The Landscape Of Foreign Aid Is Changing. New Development Actors Are On The Rise, From The 'emerging' Economies To Numerous Private Foundations And Philanthropists. At The Same Time The Nature Of The Global Poverty 'problem' Has Also Changed: Most Of The World's Poor People No Longer Live In The Poorest Countries. Building On An Academic Review Of Research On Foreign Aid, Sumner And Mallet Outline A New Vision Of The Aid System - An 'aid 2.0' - Making A Series Of Policy Relevant Proposals For Global Development Cooperation In The Twenty-first Century. What Is Aid? -- What Is Aid For? -- What Makes Aid Effective? -- A New Vision For Aid -- What Does Aid 2.0 Look Like? -- Conclusions. Andy Sumner, Richard Mallett. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 74-99) And Index. Sumner and Mallett review the literature on aid in light of shifts in the aid system and the increasing concentration of the world's poor in middle-income countries. As a consequence, they propose a series of practical, policy relevant options for future development cooperation, with the aim of provoking discussion and informing policy. The landscape of foreign aid is changing. New development actors are on the rise, from the 'emerging' economies to numerous private foundations and philanthropists. At the same time the nature of the global poverty 'problem' has also changed: most of the world's poor people no longer live in the poorest countries. Building on an academic review of research on foreign aid, Sumner and Mallet outline a new vision of the aid system - an 'Aid 2.0' - making a series of policy relevant proposals for global development cooperation in the twenty-first century