Exporting Good Governance: Temptations and Challenges in Canada’s Aid Program

Exporting Good Governance: Temptations and Challenges in Canada’s Aid Program
ISBN-10
1554581427
ISBN-13
9781554581429
Category
Political Science
Pages
336
Language
English
Published
2007-10-26
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Authors
Jennifer Welsh, Ngaire Woods

Description

Can good governance be exported? International development assistance is more frequently being applied to strengthening governance in developing countries, and in Exporting Good Governance: Temptations and Challenges in Canada’s Aid Program, the editors bring together diverse perspectives to investigate whether aid for good governance works. The first section of the book outlines the changing face of international development assistance and ideas of good governance. The second section analyzes six nations: three are countries to which Canada has devoted a significant portion of its aid efforts over the past five to ten years: Ghana, Vietnam, and Bangladesh. Two are newer and more complex “fragile states,” where Canada has engaged: Haiti and Afghanistan. These five are then compared with Mauritius, which has enjoyed relatively good governance. The final section looks at challenges and new directions for Canadas development policy. Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation

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