Originally published in 1986, this book evaluated the review of the Australian Overseas Aid Program (the 1984 Jackson Report) and discussed the significance of Australiäs contribution to overseas aid for the future.

Introduction Part 1: General Issues in Aid Policy 1. Philosophy and Strategy of the Jackson Report: Towards An Alternative Perspective 2. Some International Economics Dimensions of the Jackson Report: A Critical Assessment and a Vote for Selective Support 3. Structural Adjustment and the Jackson Report: The Nexus Between Development Theory and Australian Foreign Policy Part 2: Geographical Distribution of Aid 4. Small States, Large Aid: The Benefits of Benevolence in the South Pacific 5. Ideology, Aid and the Pacific Microstates 6. Australiäs Official Bilateral Aid to Asia 7. Australian Aid to Africa Part 3: Issues in an Aid Program 8. Australian Education Aid ¿ Who Benefits? 9. The Jackson Committee and Women 10. Trade and Development 11. The Jackson Report and Agricultural Aid Part 4: Organisation and Practice of Aid 12. ADAB and Aid Administration 13. The Non-Governmental Organisations 14. Development Cooperation and Community Groups in Food and Agriculture 15. Professionalism and Technical Sophistication in Australiäs Aid Program