{"product_id":"exporting-good-governance-temptations-and-challenges-in-canadas-aid-program-9781554580293","title":"Exporting Good Governance: Temptations and Challenges in Canada's Aid Program","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Can good governance be exported? International development assistance is more frequently being applied to strengthening governance in developing countries, and in \u003ci\u003eExporting Good Governance: Temptations and Challenges in Canada's Aid Program\u003c\/i\u003e, the editors bring together diverse perspectives to investigate whether aid for good governance works. The first section of the book outlines the changing face of international development assistance and ideas of good governance. The second section analyzes six nations: three are countries to which Canada has devoted a significant portion of its aid efforts over the past five to ten years: Ghana, Vietnam, and Bangladesh. Two are newer and more complex \"\"fragile states,\"\" where Canada has engaged: Haiti and Afghanistan. These five are then compared with Mauritius, which has enjoyed relatively good governance. The final section looks at challenges and new directions for Canadas development policy. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e``Timely and important.... Taken together, these twelve chapters are well researched and effectively presented. They draw prudent conclusions and do not make exaggerated claims. The country case studies are appropriately chosen to illustrate a range of situations, from fragile states like Haiti and Afghanistan, to more promising examples like Ghana, through to a relative success stoy like Mauritius. Moreover the volume is highly readable, not only by serious scholars but also by practitioners and journalists. One pleasing feature is the extensive use of cross-referencing. Several of the authors had obviously read and thought about the other chapters, and this reading informs what they have to say, thus enhancing the unity and the quality of the whole volume.'' -- Laurence S. Cumming -- Canadian Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 30, nos. 3-4, 2010, 201007\u003cbr\u003e``The authors have given us one of the more important recent books on Canadian international public policy--on a par with Janice Stein and Eugene Lang's The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar.... The changing international and Canadian contexts for aid are well laid out, as are the implications provided by the empirical evidence.... The authors punch huge holes in the naã-ve and simplistic assumptions behind much of good governance programming.'' -- Jean-Marc Mangin, Director of CUSO -- Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 200805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eExporting Good Governance: Temptations and Challenges in Canada's Aid Program\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Jennifer Welsh and Ngaire Woods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction  Jennifer Welsh and Ngaire Woods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Changing Politics of Aid  Ngaire Woods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFocusing Aid on Good Governance: Can It Work?  Sue Unsworth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoy Scouts and Fearful Angels: The Evolution of Canada's International Good Governance Agenda  Ian Smillie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupporting the State through Aid? The Case of Vietnam  Nilima Gulrajani\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssisting Civil Society through Aid: The Case of Bangladesh  Fahimul Quadir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Benefits of an Indirect Approach: The Case of Ghana  Peter Arthur and David Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefence, Development, and Diplomacy: The Case of Afghanistan  Scott Gilmore and Janan Mosazai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Perils of Changing Donor Priorities in Fragile States: The Case of Haiti  Robert Muggah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAstute Governance Promotion vs. Historical Conditions in Explaining Good Governance: The Case of Mauritius  Richard Sandbrook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManaging Canada's Growing Development Co-operation: Out of the Labyrinth  Bernard Wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDonor Coordination and Good Governance: Donor-led and Recipient-led Approaches  Paolo de Renzio and Sarah Mulley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Challenges and New Directions for Canada  Jennifer Welsh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeter Arthur is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University. His research focuses on African political economy and development, and he has written a number of articles and papers on the multilateral trading system, private sector development, and the role of the small-scale sector in economic development. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDavid Black is Professor of Political Science and International Development Studies at Dalhousie University, and Chair of the Department of International Development Studies. His current research focuses on Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaolo de Renzio is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University, and a Research Associate at the Overseas Development Institute, where he previously was a Research Fellow. He holds degrees from Bocconi University (Italy) and the London School of Economics, and has worked as an economist, lecturer, and consultant in Papua New Guinea and Mozambique.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScott Gilmore is the Executive Director of Peace Dividend Trust, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to making peace and humanitarian operations more effective, efficient, and equitable. He was formerly a Canadian Foreign Service Officer. As Deputy Director for South Asia, from 2002 to 2004, he focused on the development of Canada's diplomatic, defence, and development operations in Afghanistan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNilima Gurajani is a lecturer in the Department of Government and Development Studies Institute (DESTIN) at the London School of Economics. Her doctoral research (completed at Trinity College, Cambridge) examined management reforms in large aid agencies with operations in Bolivia and Vietnam. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJanan Mosazai was born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan. He worked for the BBC and the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) between 2001 and 2005. He immigrated to Canadainearly 2005, where he is currently pursuing a master's degree in journalism atCarleton University in Ottawa.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Muggah is at the University of Oxford and is research director of the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey. He works in several countries on post-conflict, security, and development issues, including Haiti, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Nepal, Uganda, Sudan, and Congo. He is the author of two forthcoming books, \u003ci\u003eRelocation Failures: A Short History of Displacement and Resettlement in Sri Lanka\u003c\/i\u003e (Zed Books) and \u003ci\u003eSecuring Protection\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge), as well as \u003ci\u003eNo Refuge: The Crisis of Refugee Militarization in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e (Zed Books, 2006). \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSarah Mulley is Coordinator of the UK Aid Network, working with UK NGOs to improve their research, policy, and advocacy work on aid. She was previously a Research Associate at the Global Economic Governance Programme in Oxford, and a Senior Policy Analyst at the UK Treasury. She holds an M.Phil. in International Relations from Oxford University.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFahimul Quadir is Associate Professor in the Division of Social Science at York University in Toronto. He is the director of York's Graduate Program in Development Studies. He has recently published on governance, civil society, democratization, economic liberalization, and microfinance. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Sandbrook, a professor of political science at the University of Toronto, has focused his recent research on the political economy of market reform, democratization, and neoliberal globalization. He has published numerous scholarly articles and ten books, including most recently \u003ci\u003eSocial Democracy in the Global Periphery: Origins, Challenges, Prospects\u003c\/i\u003e (coauthor 2007); \u003ci\u003eCivilizing Globalization: A Survival Guide\u003c\/i\u003e (2003); and \u003ci\u003eClosing the Circle: Democratization and Development in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e (2000).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIan Smillie was a founder of the Canadian NGO Inter Pares, and is a former Executive Director of CUSO. His most recent books are \u003ci\u003eManaging for Change: Leadership, Strategy and Management in Asian NGOs\u003c\/i\u003e (with John Hailey) and \u003ci\u003eThe Charity of Nations: Humanitarian Action in a Calculating World\u003c\/i\u003e (with Larry Minear). He is currently Research Coordinator for Partnership Africa Canada's \"\"Diamonds and Human Security Project\"\" and a participant in the forty-five-government Kimberley Process. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2003.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSue Unsworth spent many years working as a development practitioner with dfid, latterly as Chief Governance Adviser. She is now a freelance consultant and a Research Associate with the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJennifer Welsh is Professor of International Relations at Oxford University and a Fellow of Somerville College. She is the author and editor of several works on International Relations theory and Canadian foreign policy, including most recently \u003ci\u003eHumanitarian Intervention and International Relations\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAt Home in the World: Canada's Global Vision for the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2006 she was named a Trudeau Fellow, and is currently researching changing conceptions of sovereignty in international relations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBernard Wood heads his own international consulting firm, drawing on his long experience in development, political, and security affairs. He was the founding CEO of the North-South Institute, headed the Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security, and then the secretariat of the OECD\/DAC in Paris. He was educated at Loyola College in Montreal and the School of International Affairs at Carleton University. He did doctoral work at the University of London and was a Fellow at Harvard University in 1992-93. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNgaire Woods is Director of the Global Economic Governance Programme and Dean of Graduates at University College, Oxford University. She has written numerous articles on international institutions, globalization, and governance. Her most recent book is \u003ci\u003eThe Globalizers: the IMF, the World Bank and Their Borrowers\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2005-6, Ngaire Woods served on a three-person panel to report to the IMF Board on the effectiveness of the IMF's Independent Evaluation Office. Since 2002 she has been an Adviser to the UNDP's Human Development Report.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53188662395223,"sku":"9781554580293","price":36.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/exporting-good-governance-temptations-and-challenges-in-canadas-aid-program-9781554580293","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}