Security concerns increasingly influence foreign aid: how Western countries give aid, to whom and why. With contributions from experts in the field, this book examines the impact of security issues on six of the world's largest aid donors, as well as on key crosscutting issues such as gender equality and climate change.

Pedro Amakasu Raposo Carvalho, Lusíada University, Portugal. Samir Elhawary, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Egypt. Mark Furness, German Development Institute, Germany. Stefan Gänzle, University of Agder, Norway. Philippe Marchesin, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France. Leigh Mayhew, Independent Researcher, UK. Katie Peters, Overseas Development Institute, UK. Jaroslav Pet?ík, People in Need, Czech Republic. David M. Potter, Nanzan University, Japan. Rosalind Raddatz, University of Ottawa, Canada. Joanna Spear, George Washington University, United States. Liam Swiss, Memorial University, Canada. Leni Wild, Overseas Development Institute, UK.