Between theory and practice of india’s development assistance

Marcin Nowik

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Rejuvenation of development assistance offered by the Southern donors has changed the landscape of the global aid architecture in the 21st century. India has re-emerged as a global provider of resources for development challenging the post-Cold Wa...

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ISBN/ISSN:

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Preface10
Introduction12
Part I: Theory18
Chapter 1. The concept of development20
1.1. Traditional views on development21
1.2. New views on development22
Chapter 2. The process of economic development26
2.1. Development economics (first generation theories)29
2.2. Indian responses to development economics32
2.3. Structuralism38
2.4. Structuralists’ approach and India’s economic policy44
2.5. Neo-classical resurgence: The Washington Consensus and beyond46
2.6. Indian contribution to neo-classical resurgence54
3.1. The concept of foreign aid64
Chapter 3. The role of foreign assistance in economic development64
3.2. Aid and growth relationship – the emergence of theories and models, 1950–197067
3.3. Indian economists on foreign aid, 1950–197072
3.4. Neoclassical growth theory and empirical examination of the aid-growth relationship after 197080
3.5. Indian economists on the role of foreign aid after 197083
Part II: Institutions88
Chapter 4. The evolution of the institutional framework of foreign assistance90
4.1. Institutions within North–South relations91
4.2. Institutions within South–South relations96
4.3. The UN System and Bretton Woods institutions115
5.1. The concept of global aid architecture126
Chapter 5. Emerging donors in the contemporary aid architecture126
5.2. Defining emerging or non-DAC donors128
5.3. Emerging donors’ classification129
5.4. Impact of the re-emergence of Southern assistance providers on the global aid architecture131
5.5. ‘Emerging donors’ – conclusions135
Part III: Development assistance138
6.1. India’s foreign assistance from the historical perspective140
Chapter 6. India as a donor country140
6.2. Defining and measuring India’s aid-related activities149
Chapter 7. Modalities and administration156
7.1. Grant assistance and advances to foreign governments157
7.2. Capacity building programmes158
7.3. Lines of credit (LOCs)163
7.4. Three pillars of India’s development partnership programmes – conclusions166
7.5. Administration – towards aid agency?168
8.1. India’s neighbourhood and Afghanistan174
Chapter 8. India’s assistance relations with particular countries174
8.2. African countries197
8.3. CIS, Caribbean and other countries in the world206
9.1. The motives in the Cold War period212
Chapter 9. Motives and effectiveness of India’s assistance212
9.2. The contemporary motives217
9.3. The assessment of assistance effectiveness222
Conclusions227
Appendix 1235
Appendix 2237
References238
Lists of Figures262
List of Tables264

PartI.Theory

AmartyaSen’sapproach

TheleadingthinkeronthemeaningofdevelopmentisIndianeconomist

AmartyaSen,awardedNobelPrizeineconomicsin1998.Hisapproachfocuseson

humangoalsoftheeconomicdevelopmentconcept.SigniﬁcantimpactofSen’s

thoughtonboththeoryandpracticeofdevelopmentremainsundoubted.Amartya

Sen’scontributiontothewelfareeconomicsreferstopublicchoicetheory,poverty

andfaminestudies1aswellasintroductionofanewapproachtowardsmeasuring

humandevelopment(thatresultedintheintroductionofHDI-HumanDevelopment

Index).Sengavealsoanewmeaningtotheterm‘development’andhencethe

perceptionoftheprocessofeconomicdevelopmenthasbeguntobecentredon

humangoals,notcommodities.

Senrejectsincomeorutilityasapropermeasureofpovertyorhumanwell-

being.Inutilitarianism’sclassicalform,utilityisdeﬁnedaspleasureorashappiness,

orassatisfaction.Aspectsofqualityoflife,individualfreedom,fulﬁlmentof

recognizedrightsarenotadequatelyreﬂectedintheutilitarianperspective.Inhis

bestsellingandinﬂuentialbookDevelopmentasFreedom,AmartyaSen(1999:62)

enumeratesthreelimitationsoftheutilitarianapproach.Atﬁrst,itignoresdistribution

ofutilitiessincethefocusisontotalutilityofeveryonetakentogether.Next,rights

andfreedomsareneglectedasonlythesumofhappinessisconcerned.Finally,he

pointsoutadaptationandmentalconditioning.Individual,mentalmetricofpleasure

ordesireisnotﬁrmasone’sdesiresandexpectationsadjusttoanactualsituationand

inthestateofdeprivationtheseexpectationsmayberelativelylow.

“Apersonwhoisill-fed,undernourished,unshelteredandillcanstillbehigh

upinthescaleofhappinessordesire-fulﬁlmentifheorshehaslearnedtohave

‘realistic’desiresandtomakepleasureinsmallmercies.”(Sen1985:21)

Althoughsubjectivelyoneperceiveshisorherhappinesshighly,appreciating

stronglylittlepossessionorsmallcomforts,orincomparisontotheothers,when

livinginapoorcommunity,orduetorejectionofunaffordabledesiresandpleasures,

thereisstillobjectiverealityofdeprivation.Despiteachievinghighhappiness(high

utility)adeprivedpersonwouldvalueimprovementsinhisorhercondition.

Followingthatcriticism,itisunfairtocomparehumanwell-beingordeprivation

accordingtoutilityprinciples(Sen1999:62);whatismore,improvementinutility

doesnotcapturethemeaningofdevelopment.

Whenitcomestointerpersonalcomparisonsofadvantagesbasedonincomeor

onthecommoditybasis,majorlimitationsarealsoindicated.Sen(1999:70-71)

identiﬁesﬁvedistinctsourcesofvariationbetweenrealincomesandactual

advantages-well-beingandfreedom:personalheterogeneities,environmental

AmartyaSen’sbookPovertyandFamines,Oxford1983,isofkeyimportancefordevelopment

economics.

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