A positive chapter has begun in finance for poor countries. Yet progress remains tentative. This book looks at how to make international finance better serve the needs of poor countries and poor people. It contains contributions by economists and political scientists who have been at the centre of the international policy debate.

Autorentext
PETER BURNELL Professor of Politics, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK ANTHONY CLUNIES-ROSS Retired Economist, University of Strathclyde, UK SIMON FEENY Postdoctoral research fellow, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia JEREMY HEIMANS Research Associate, Global Economic Governance Programme, University of Oxford, UK RENU KOHLI Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund, New Delhi, India JOHN LANGMORE Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia ROBERT LENSINK Professor in Finance and Financial Markets, University of Groningen, The Netherlands MARK MCGILLIVRAY Deputy Director, UNU-WIDER; Honorary Professor of Development Economics, University of Glasgow, UK; External Fellow, Centre for Economic Development and International Trade, University of Nottingham, UK; Inaugural Fellow, Human Development and Capability Association STEVEN RADELET Senior Fellow, Centre for Global Development, Washington, USA HELMUT REISEN Councillor, OECD Development Centre, Paris, France; Professor of Economics, Basel University, Switzerland MARCELO SOTO Researcher, Instituto de Análisis Económico, Barcelona HELEN TOXOPEUS Analyst, ABN AMRO Bank THOMAS WEITHÖNER Counsellor for Cultural Affairs, German Embassy, Bucharest HOWARD WHITE Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank

Inhalt
Development Finance in the Global Economy: The Road Ahead; T.Addison & G.Mavrotas Foreign Aid Resurgent: New Spirit or Old Hangover?; P.Burnell Multilateral Development Assistance: Good, Bad or Just Plain Ugly?; M.McGillivray, S.Feeny & H.White Immediate Prospects for Additional Finance: What Might be Done Now or Soon and on What Conditions?; A.Clunies-Ross & J.Langmore Financing Global and Regional Public Goods through ODA?; H.Reisen, M.Soto & T.Weithöner Multiactor Global Funds: New Tools to Address Urgent Global Problems; J.Heimans Transition from ODA to Private Capital Flows; R.Kohli The Millennium Challenge Account: Transforming US Foreign Assistance Policy?; S.Radelet Debt Relief: The Development and Poverty Impact; T.Addison Remittances and Financial Inclusion in Development; H.S.Toxopeus & R.Lensink