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The Pergau Dam In Malaysia Was The Most Controversial Project In The History Of British Aid. Because Of Its High Cost, It Was A Poor Candidate For Aid Funding. It Was Provided In Part To Honour A Highly Irregular Promise Of Civil Aid In Connection With A Major Arms Deal. After Two Parliamentary Inquiries And Intense Media Coverage, In A Landmark Judgement The Aid For Pergau Was Declared Unlawful. Tim Lankester Offers A Detailed Case Study Of This Major Aid Project And Of Government Decision-making In Britain And Malaysia. Exposing The Roles Played By Key Politicians And Other Stakeholders On Both Sides, He Analyses The Background To The Aid/arms Linkage, And The Reasons Why The British And Malaysian Governments Were So Committed To The Project, Before Exploring The Response Of Britain's Parliament, And Its Media And Ngos, And The Resultant Legal Case. The Main Causes Of The Pergau Debacle Are Carefully Drawn Out, From Conflicting Policy Agendas Within The British Government To The Power Of The Business Lobby And The Inability Of Parliament To Provide Any Serious Challenge. Finally, Lankester Asks Whether, Given What Was Known At The Time And What We Know Now, He And His Colleagues

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Author

Tim Lankester; Ebook Library

Publisher

Routledge; Brand: Routledge

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781283711401

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Economics, Political Science