This paper examines the questions of why and how foreign assistance was utilized successfully in South Korea but less so in Ghana, with a focus on the role of aid in the process of state building and state transition in these two countries. Before the 1960s, South Korea and Ghana shared...

Introduction: Politics, Institutions, Donor and Recipient Relationships -- South Korea: A Case of Effective Aid -- Ghana: A Case of Aid Success? -- The Politics of U.S. Aid to Nigeria -- Zambia: Aid Dependency and Dependent Development -- Myanmar: A Sub-Saharan African Case in Southeast Asia --...

Introduction: Politics, Institutions, Donor and Recipient Relationships -- South Korea: A Case of Effective Aid -- Ghana: A Case of Aid Success? -- The Politics of U.S. Aid to Nigeria -- Zambia: Aid Dependency and Dependent Development -- Myanmar: A Sub-Saharan African Case in Southeast Asia --...