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RAS 12 - JRL 6535

PUBLICATION NOTICES

13. RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

I hear that the following book, which contains a chapter by myself, is being republished in paperback:

Milton J. Esman and Ronald J. Herring, eds. Carrots, Sticks, and Ethnic Conflict: Rethinking Development Assistance (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2001)

The theme of the book is how Western development agencies such as the IMF, the World Bank, and USAID unwittingly exacerbate ethnic tensions in some of the countries where they operate. The book contains two case studies of institutions (the World Bank and USAID) and country case studies focusing on Kenya, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, and Russia. My chapter is entitled "Foreign Assistance as Genocide: The Crisis in Russia, the IMF, and Interethnic Relations." I should perhaps explain that the title does not mean that I equate foreign assistance to Russia with genocide; it means that I demonstrate how the link is constructed in the minds of Russian nationalists.

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