B. MAK ARVIN is Professor of Economics at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario.

• PrefaceIntroductionAllocation of International AidModelling Inter-Temporal Aid Allocation to Papua New Guinea by Simon Feeny and Mark McGillivrayMultilateral Aid Coordination by the International Financial Institutions: An Examination of Canadian Development Assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa by Dane Rowlands and Ian KetchesonAid Principles and Policy: An Operational Basis for the Assessment of Donor Performance by Mark McGillivray, Jennifer Leavy, and Howard WhiteInterventions, Accountability, and Aid: Narrowing the Gap Between NGO Priorities and Local Realities by Craig A. JohnsonForeign Aid and Donor Export Performance: The Case of Germany by Siegfried Schönherr and Kurt Vogler-LudwigCoordinated and Uncoordinated Foreign Aid by Sajal Lahiri and Pascalis Raimondos-MøllerImpact of Aid on DevelopmentEmpirical Evidence of Foreign Aid and Economic Growth Relationship: The Case of the Solomon Islands by Rukmani GounderComponent of Donors' Foreign Aid Policies? by B. Mak Arvin, Francisco Barillas, and Byron LewPolicy Implications for Aid Allocations of Recent Research on Aid Effectiveness and Selectivity by Jonathan BeynonForeign Aid, Wage Inequality, and Skill Formation in a North-South Product-Cycle Model by Michael Benarroch and James GaisfordIndex

"This brilliantly edited volume presents a splendid and informative discussion on the needed and timely topic of Foreign Assistance, focusing on allocation and efficiency of Aid. Its comprehensive and balanced approach make it an excellent reference text for not only the graduate students and researchers in the field of development economies, but also to the politicians and the policy makers. [It] Should be on the shelf of every library." Ismail Shariff, Hendrickson Professor of Business, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay