'Ghana: Breaking out of Aid Dependence? Economic and Political Barriers to Ownership' (2008) Book Chapter in The Politics of Aid African Strategies for Dealing with Donors Edited by Lindsay Whitfield Oxford University Press

In-depth country case study on donor-recipient aid relations in Ghana as part of an edited book. Based largely on interviews with the people who do the negotiating on both sides of the aid relationship, the authors ask how donors seek to achieve their policy objectives without being seen to push too hard, what preconditions they place on transferring authority to African governments, and what effect the constant discussions over development policy have on state institutions, democracy and political culture in recipient countries. It investigates the strategies that African states have adopted to advance their objectives in aid negotiations and how successful their efforts have been.