Overcoming Stagnation in Aid-Dependent Countries

by Nicolas Van de Walle

In this book, Nicolas Van de Walle identifies 26 countries that are extremely poor and grew little if at all in the 1990s. His sample excludes North Korea and countries where civil war explains some of their failure to grow (Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tajikistan and others). The 26 countries have limited infrastructure and human capital and the small size of their markets deter private savings and investment. Aid was meant to help overcome...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933286016
• ISBN13: 9781933286013
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Center for Global Development
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"