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Ethics and the conduct of international development aid : charity and obligation

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ABSTRACT Ethical debate around development aid has gradually grown and diversified, and a field that spans some aspects of policy, organisational and personal practice has partly emerged. After characterising this trend, the paper considers: (1) The key question of the types of obligation, if any, involved in aid; is aid purely charity and beyond obligation(s)? What do different views here imply for roles and conditions in aid? (2) The significance in aid, especially technical cooperation, of inter-personal relations and work-style and life-style issues. (3) Will specified ethical guidelines and codes for aid organisations and aid workers be worthwhile? The paper suggests that even a charity mode of aid entails important obligations concerning manner of operation, and that helpful guidelines are possible. Whether directive codes will help is more open to doubt.

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  • Gasper, D.R., 1999. "Ethics and the conduct of international development aid : charity and obligation," ISS Working Papers - General Series 19042, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.
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