Naeem ul Haque. Transforming the Inchoate Duty of Samaritanism into an Obligation. Islamabad, Pakistan: Innovative Development Strategies. 2014. 302 pages. Pak Rupees 600.00

Abstract

“Transforming the Inchoate Duty of Samaritanism into an Obligation” is the last book of Naeem ul Haque’s life. It is edited by Uzma Cheema and Nina Gera and published by the Innovative Development Strategies (IDS), Islamabad. The book contains seven chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the purpose of the book and the issues discussed in it. Chapter 2 deals with the challenges of global poverty, while Chapter 3 links poverty with the changes in international law, mostly associated with aid and grant to developing countries. Chapter 4 defines the official development assistance (ODA) and discusses the history and issues related to it. In addition to that, Chapters 5 and 6 throw light on the various cases for and against the aid. The last chapter of the book, Chapter 7, discusses the transactional efforts to transformational outcomes.