{"product_id":"why-we-lie-about-aid-pablo-yanguas-9781783609338","title":"Why We Lie about Aid: Development and the Messy Politics of Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eForeign aid is about charity. International development is about technical fixes. At least that is what we, as donor publics, are constantly told. The result is a highly dysfunctional aid system which mistakes short-term results for long-term transformation and gets attacked across the political spectrum, with the right claiming we spend too much, and the left that we don't spend enough. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe reality, as Yanguas argues in this highly provocative book, is that aid isn't - or at least shouldn't be - about levels of spending, nor interventions shackled to vague notions of 'accountability' and 'ownership'. Instead, a different approach is possible, one that acknowledges aid as being about struggle, about taking sides, about politics. It is an approach that has been quietly applied by innovative development practitioners around the world, providing political coverage for local reformers to open up spaces for change. Drawing on a variety of convention-defying stories from a variety of countries - from Britain to the US, Sierra Leone to Honduras - Yanguas provides an eye-opening account of what we really mean when we talk about aid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pablo Yanguas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783609338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783609338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zed Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Pablo Yanguas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44634578944255,"sku":"9781783609338","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_421973a6-14c3-4b82-9111-6a1f85b6dd0b.jpg?v=1703589958","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/why-we-lie-about-aid-pablo-yanguas-9781783609338","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}