Making Aid Work: Dueling with Dictators and Warlords in the Middle East and North Africa

With hardening authoritarianism and state capture by militias exacerbating the challenges faced by providers of development and political aid across the Middle East and North Africa, how can aid be made more effective? Can donors overcome the limitations of their outdated assistance playbooks?

Analyzing the fraught relationships between Western aid providers and MENA recipients, the authors of _Making Aid Work_ suggest innovative, practical approaches for overcoming the chronic limitations—and disappointing results—of assistance aimed at encouraging economic development and political reform in the region.