Download or read book The Invention of a European Development Aid Bureaucracy written by V. Dimier and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive analysis of how European development policy was shaped, this book explores the role of former colonial officials in shaping the policy agenda and explores this example of 'recycled empire.' Dimier argues that this post-colonial agenda only changed as a result of pressure from the OECD and World Bank in the 1980s and 1990s.