Despite good intentions : why development assistance to the third world has failed / Thomas W. Dichter.
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TextPublisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2003Description: xiii, 303 pages ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 155849393X
- 9781558493933
- 1558493921
- 9781558493926
- 338.91091724 21
- HC60 .D51 2003
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| Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 338.91091724 DIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A263895B |
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| 338.9072 RES Research skills for policy and development : how to find out fast / | 338.9072 RES Research skills for policy and development : how to find out fast / | 338.91 PAR The participation reader / | 338.91091724 DIC Despite good intentions : why development assistance to the third world has failed / | 338.91091724 HUL Should rich nations help the poor? / | 338.91091724 HUL Should rich nations help the poor? / | 338.911713 EAS The white man's burden : why the West's efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index.
Introduction: The Great Paradox of Development Assistance -- Story 1. Romance -- Story 2. Illusion -- Ch. 1. The Developing World and Its Condition -- Story 3. A Straw in the Wind -- Story 4. Being Useful or Being Used -- Ch. 2. The evolution of the Idea of Development -- Story 5. Warm Bodies -- Story 6. Sliding toward Dependency -- Ch. 3. Development Assistance as an Industry (the "Dev Biz") -- Story 7. Dedication -- Story 8. Trying Simply to Help -- Ch. 4. Avoiding History -- Story 9. The Helper and the Helped -- Story 10. Confusing Stakes -- Ch. 5. The Consequences of Avoiding Certain Universals of Human Nature -- Story 11. Spare No Expense - the Very Best -- Story 12. For the People, By the People -- Ch. 6. The Mismatch of Organizational Imperatives and Money -- Story 13. Position, Not Condition -- Story 14. Headless Chickens -- Ch. 7. The Professionalization of Development -- Story 15. Too Many Cooks -- Story 16. Rhetorical Support -- Ch. 8. Marketing Development -- Story 17. Unintended Consequences -- Story 18. The People's Program -- Conclusion: The Case for a Radical Reduction in Development Assistance.
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