Aid and Influence: The Case of Bangladesh

209 Pages·1981·20.317 MB·English

by  Just Faaland (eds.)

AID AND INFLUENCE
ALSO BY JUST FAALAND
Essays on the Theory of Trade Discrimination, Chr. Michelsen
Institute, Bergen, 1964
Bangladesh: the Test Case of Development, C. Hurst and
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the Sudan, International Labour Office, 1976 (as Chief of
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ALSO BY NURUL ISLAM
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Tuttle and Co., Vermont, 1960
Financial Resources and Development Potential of East Pakistan,
Government of East Pakistan, Dacca, 1962
A Short-Term Model for Pakistan's Economy: an Econometric
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Development Planning in Bangladesh: a Study in Political
Economy, C. Hurst and Company, London, 1977
ALSO BY JACK PARKINSON
The Economics of Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom, Cambridge
University Press, 1960
Business Economics (with James Bates), Basil Blackwell (2nd
edition, 1969)
Agricultural Co-operation in Northern Ireland, Cmd 484, HMSO,
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Just Faaland; see above)
AID AND INFLUENCE
The Case of Bangladesh
Edited by
Just Faaland
The Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway
Contributors
Just Faaland
Nurul Islam
Jack Parkinson
© Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen 1981
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1981 978-0-333-28985-3
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ISBN 978-1-349-05474-9 ISBN 978-1-349-05472-5 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-05472-5
Contents
List of Tables vii
List of Abbreviations vm
Preface Xl
PART ONE: THE STORY AND ITS SETTING
The Story
Just Faa/and 3
2 The Debate
Nurul Islam 14
3 The Needs
Jack Parkinson 25
PART TWO: RELATIONSHIPS TO DONORS 35
4 Aid Requirements and Donor Preferences
Nurul Islam 37
5 Interest Groups and Aid Conditionality
Nurul Islam 53
6 Commodity Aid
Nurul Islam 73
7 Food Aid
Jack Parkinson 82
PART THREE: DONOR CO-ORDINATION AND
COLLECTIVE LEVERAGE 103
8 The Bangladesh Aid Group
Just Faa/and 105
9 The Debt Liability of Pakistan
Just Faa/and 128
10 The Role of the World Bank
Jack Parkinson 147
11 The Role of the Fund
Jack Parkinson 165
v
vi Contents
PART FOUR: AID AND DEPENDENCE 177
12 The Lessons
Just Faa/and 179
Index 194
List of Tables
3.1 Commitments of aid 1971-2 to 1977-8 in USS million 29
3.2 Percentage distribution by source of grants and loans:
December 1971 to June 1978 31
3.3 Availability and disbursement of aid, 1971-2 to 1976-7 32
7.1 Prices of foodgrains, January 1975 85
vii
List of Abbreviations
United Nations Organisations
UN United Nations
IBRD /World Bank International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development
IDA International Development Associ
ation
IMF International Monetary Fund
UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population
Activities
UN ROB United Nations Special Relief Office in
Bangladesh
UN ROD United Nations Relief Operations
Dacca
NIEO New International Economic Order
International Agencies
EEC European Economic Community
OECD Organisation for Economic Coop
eration and Development
DAC Development Assistance Committee
OPEC Organisation of Petroleum Exporting
Countries
National Assistance Agencies
CIDA Canadian International Assistance
Agency
DTH Netherlands Ministry of Development
Cooperation (International Tech
nical Assistance Department)
SIDA Swedish International Development
Agency
USAID United States Agency for International
Development
viii
List of Abbreviations lX
BADC Bangladesh Agricultural Development
Corporation
General
PVC Polyvinyl Chloride
SDR Special Drawing Rights