On Monday 14 October, NIMD is organising a book launch by Thomas Carothers, presenting his latest book: Development Aid Confronts Politics – The Almost Revolution

Thomas Carothers and his co-author Diane de Gramont will come to the Hague to present the book and engage in a discussion with peers interested in democracy support and development cooperation. Jean Bossuyt of ECDPM will join the discussion and present his review of the book.

About Thomas Carothers

Thomas Carothers, director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Democracy and Rule of Law Program, and a leading authority on international support for democracy and governance.

Summary of the book

A new lens on development is changing the world of international aid. The overdue recognition that development in all sectors is an inherently political process is driving aid providers to try to learn how to think and act politically. Major donors are pursuing explicitly political goals alongside their traditional socioeconomic aims and introducing more politically informed methods throughout their work. Yet these changes face an array of external and internal obstacles, from heightened sensitivity on the part of many aid-receiving governments about foreign political interventionism to inflexible aid delivery mechanisms and entrenched technocratic preferences within many aid organizations. This path breaking book assesses the progress and pitfalls of the attempted politics revolution in development aid and charts a constructive way forward.

Please make a reservation:  info@nimd.org.