The Politics and Economics of Britain's Foreign Aid : the Pergau Dam Affair.

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The Pergau dam in Malaysia was the most controversial project in the history of British aid. Because of its high cost, it was a poor candidate for aid funding. It was provided in part to honour a highly irregular promise of civil aid in connection with a major arms deal. After two parliamentary inqu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lankester, Tim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Temas:
Economic assistance, British > Malaysia > Case studies.
Economic development projects > Political aspects > Malaysia > Case studies.
Hydroelectric power plants > Malaysia > Kelantan > Case studies.
Economic assistance, British > Malaysia.
Economic development projects > Political aspects > Malaysia.
Great Britain > Foreign economic relations > Malaysia.
Hydroelectric power plants > Malaysia > Kelantan.
Malaysia > Foreign economic relations > Great Britain.
Aide économique britannique > Malaisie > Études de cas.
Projets de développement économique > Aspect politique > Malaisie > Études de cas.
Centrales hydroélectriques > Malaisie > Kelantan > Études de cas.
Economic assistance, British
Economic development projects > Political aspects
Hydroelectric power plants
International economic relations
Malaisie > Relations économiques extérieures > Grande-Bretagne.
Great Britain
Malaysia
Malaysia > Kelantan
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 British overseas aid; 3 The Pergau hydroelectric scheme; 4 Politicians and bureaucrats; 5 Dr Mahathir and the politics of Malaysia; 6 Arms and aid entangled; 7 Mrs Thatcher's offer; 8 ODA entrapped; 9 Crunch time in Whitehall; 10 Parliament steps in; 11 Legal challenge; 12 The British media and trouble with Malaysia; 13 ODA objections: Right or wrong?; 14 A fairish nightmare; Appendix I: Pergau chronology; Appendix II: The economics of Pergau: technical note.
  • Appendix III: Dramatis personaeGlossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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