Political Science 2225E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: French Development Agency, Canadian International Development Agency, Social Capital
22 Dec 2020
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Neo-colonial agents: mncs are transmission belt of values of home country, mncs act as communication channels of home government. Uses knowledge & social capital to control elites in ldcs. Most countries prefer to disburse official development assistance (oda) mainly on a bilateral basis. Finance administered to promote developing countries" economic development & welfare (no military aid) They are often concessional in character: grant element of at least 25, at least 75% of the money must be paid back, given as a loan, 0. 7% of gnp for official development purposes. Some aid is tied aid; with the condition that the bulk of the money should be used for goods & services from the donor country. United states agency for international development (usaid 1961) The swedish international development cooperation agency (sida . The department for international development (dfid 1997) Strong in-house expertise vs. interest groups & ngo bases.
