Confronts the theory of conditionality with its limitations in practice, analyses the reasons for these limitations, and suggests constructive alternatives.

The linkage of development aid to the promotion of human rights, democracy and good governance was a striking departure in the post-cold war foreign policies of

The authors argue that much of foreign aid's failure is related to the institutions that structure its delivery. They explore the workings of Sida and find that

Economists have moved in recent years beyond analyzing the manner in which the macroeconomies of different countries function and prescribing appropriate polici

Finally, when the country enters the second generation of reforms, such as public sector institutional reform, short-term, conditionality-based aid can once aga