Helping People Help Themselves : From the World Bank to an Alternative Philosophy of Development Assistance.

David Ellerman relates a deep theoretical groundwork for a philosophy of development, while offering a descriptive, practical suggestion of how goals of development can be better set and met. Beginning with the assertion that development assistance agencies are inherently structured to provide help...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of Michigan Press 2009.
Temas:
World Bank > Developing countries.
World Bank
Economic assistance > Developing countries.
Economic development > Social aspects > Developing countries.
Economic assistance
Economic development > Social aspects
Developing countries
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword by Albert O. Hirschman; Preface; 1 Introduction & Overview; 2 Internal & External Motivation: Beyond Homo Economicus; 3 The Indirect Approach; 4 Indirect Approaches: Intellectual History; 5 Autonomy-Respecting Development Assistance; 6 Knowledge-Based Development Assistance; 7 Can Development Agencies Learn & Help Clients Learn?; 8 Case Study: Assistance to the Transition Countries; 9 Hirschmanian Themes of Social Learning & Change; 10 Conclusions; Appendix. Eight Thinkers on the Five Themes; First Do: Starting from Where the Doers Are.
  • Second Do: Seeing through the Doers' EyesFirst Don't: Don't Try to Impose Change on Doers; Second Don't: Don't Give Help as Benevolence; Third Do: Respect Autonomy of the Doers; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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