| ID | 164576 |
| Title Proper | Road to Pergau Dam |
| Other Title Information | aid policy, ideology, and the thatcher government |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ledger, Robert |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | 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.
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| `In' analytical Note | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol. 30, No.1; Mar 2019: p.50-69 |
| Journal Source | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol: 30 No 1 |
| Key Words | Ideology ; Aid Policy ; Thatcher Government ; Pergau Dam |