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ISBN: 1-316-47443-7 , 1-316-41071-4

Content: Current foreign aid programs are failing because they are based upon flawed assumptions about how countries develop. They attempt to achieve development without first achieving good governance and security, which are essential prerequisites for sustainable development. In focusing on the poorer members of society, they neglect the elites upon whose leadership the quality of governance and security depends. By downplaying the relevance of cultural factors to development, they avoid altering cultural characteristics that account for most of the weaknesses of elites in poor nations. Drawing on a wealth of examples from around the world, the author shows that foreign aid can be made much more effective by focusing it on human capital development. Training, education, and other forms of assistance can confer both skills and cultural attributes on current and future leaders, especially those responsible for security and governance.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Dec 2015). , Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Pathways to Development -- Foreign Exploitation -- The Annales School -- The Annales School on Governance -- The Weight of Evidence -- Governance and National Prosperity -- The Security Factor -- Conclusion -- 2 How Governments Work -- The Institution School -- Democracy -- Institutions and Incentives -- The Policy School -- Institutions and Policies Are Not Sufficient -- Elites and Leadership -- Leadership Depth -- Security Leadership -- Conclusion -- 3 Civilization -- Civilization and the Inequality of Nations -- The God Factor -- Borrowing Civilization -- Borrowing Limits -- Civilization and Governance -- Conclusion -- 4 Human Capital Development -- The Human Capital Umbrella -- The Components of Human Capital -- 1. Natural Talent -- 2. Acquired Interpersonal Skills -- 3. Technical Skills -- 4. Experience -- 5. Motivation -- Person Building -- Conclusion -- 5 Human Capital and National Security -- The Third World and U.S. National Security -- Islamic Extremism -- Intrastate Wars -- Democratization -- Political Transitions -- Natural Resources -- Humanitarian Intervention -- Peacekeeping -- Disease -- Drug Trafficking -- Illegal Immigration -- Piracy -- Intellectual Piracy and Cybercrime -- Money Laundering -- Conclusion -- 6 Training -- U.S. Training: An Overview -- Civil Training -- Speed and Efficiency of Civil Training -- Civil Trainers -- Political Elites and Civil Training -- Motivational Impact of Civil Training -- Civil Brain Drain -- Military Training -- Speed and Efficiency of Military Training -- Military Trainers -- Political Elites and Military Training -- Motivational Impact of Military Training -- Military Brain Drain -- Conclusion -- 7 Militarization -- Militaries in Internal Affairs. , The U.S. Military and Civil Operations since 9/11 -- Responsibility for Governance -- Civil Affairs -- Police Training -- Constabulary Training -- Developing U.S. Military Capabilities for Police and Constabulary Training -- Conclusion -- 8 Education in the Third World -- Primary Education -- Secondary Education -- Culture and Education -- Faith-Based Education -- Higher Education -- Faith and Higher Education -- Extremism and Higher Education -- Military and Police Academies -- Conclusion -- 9 Education in the United States -- The European Experience -- Postcolonial Westernization -- Third World Students in the United States -- Scholarships -- Visa Policies -- Returning Home -- U.S. Military Higher Education -- U.S. Civil Institutions -- The Declining Core -- Conclusion -- 10 Support -- Funds Transfers -- Salary Support -- Aid Conditionality -- Anticorruption Programs -- Governmental Anticorruption Programs -- Polygraphing -- Civil Society -- Incentivization of National Leaders -- Moral Change -- Conclusion -- 11 Measurement -- The Rise of Measurement -- The Imprecision of Quantitative Analysis -- Distorting the Foreign Assistance Agenda -- Perverting Performance -- A Return to the Qualitative -- Conclusion -- 12 Conclusion: A New Foreign Assistance Strategy -- Pillar 1: Training -- Pillar 2: Militarization -- Pillar 3: Education in the Third World -- Pillar 4: Education in the United States -- Pillar 5: Support -- Measurement -- Blending the Old and the New -- Notes -- Pathways to Development -- How Governments Work -- Civilization -- Human Capital Development -- Human Capital and National Security -- Training -- Militarization -- Education in the Third World -- Education in the United States -- Support -- Measurement -- Index. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-107-56501-4

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-107-12548-0

Language: English

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URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316410714