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The Road to Pergau Dam: Aid Policy, Ideology, and the Thatcher Government.
- Source :
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Diplomacy & Statecraft . Mar2019, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p50-69. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This analysis charts the changes in British aid policy under the Margaret Thatcher government (1979-1990). In particular, it examines the impact of so-called neo-liberal ideology in overseas development strategy in an era where "structural adjustment"—aid in return for market-based reforms—became World Bank and International Monetary Fund orthodoxy. There is some evidence to show British increases in multilateral aid during the 1980s supported a neo-liberal aid policy. Bilateral aid policy, however, demonstrated a subordination of aid to foreign policy and a pro-business—not ideologically pro-market or neo-liberal—alignment. One of the results of these structural changes was the Pergau Dam scandal at the end of the Thatcher years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09592296
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Diplomacy & Statecraft
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 134995995
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2019.1557415