The price of aid : the economic cold war in India /

Debates over foreign aid can seem strangely innocent of history. Economists argue about effectiveness and measurement--how to make aid work. Meanwhile, critics in donor countries bemoan what they see as money wasted on corrupt tycoons or unworthy recipients. What most ignore is the essentially polit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Engerman, David C., 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Since 1900
Economic assistance > Political aspects > India > History > 20th century.
Economic assistance, American > Political aspects > India > History > 20th century.
Economic assistance, Soviet > Political aspects > India > History > 20th century.
Cold War > Influence.
Cold War > Economic aspects.
Geopolitics > India > History > 20th century.
Aide économique > Aspect politique > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Aide économique américaine > Aspect politique > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Aide économique soviétique > Aspect politique > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre froide > Aspect économique.
Géopolitique > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Economic assistance, American > Political aspects.
Economic assistance > Political aspects.
Economic history.
Economics.
Geopolitics.
War > Influence.
Industry & industrial studies.
Asian history.
India.
History.
Aid & relief programmes.
Diplomacy.
Economic growth.
General & world history.
20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
Industry.
India > Economic conditions > 1947-
Inde > Conditions économiques > 1947-
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Foreign aid and development politics in India
  • Part I. Learning development, 1947-1955: Debating development and discovering India
  • Inventing development aid
  • Part II. The heyday of the economic cold war, 1955-1966: The geopolitics of economic expertise
  • The aid project and cold war competition
  • "Free money" and the tilt toward the West
  • Military supply and the vicissitudes of development politics
  • Part III. The bitter fruits of development politics, 1960-1974: Bets, bargains, and the price for American aid
  • Soviet aid from inspiration to armory
  • India's double crisis and the price of aid
  • Conclusion: Development politics and the price of aid.

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