Despite good intentions : why development assistance to the third world has failed /

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Since the 1960s, Thomas W. Dichter has worked in the field of international development, managing and evaluating projects for nongovernmental organizations, directing a Peace Corps country programme, and serving as a consultant for such agencies as USAID, UNDP, and the World Bank. On the basis of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dichter, Thomas W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2003.
Temas:
Economic assistance > Developing countries > Evaluation.
Poverty > Developing countries.
Aide économique > Pays en voie de développement > Évaluation.
Pauvreté > Pays en voie de développement.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Economic assistance > Evaluation
Poverty
Entwicklungshilfe
Bewertung
Ontwikkelingssamenwerking.
Armoede.
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction/The Great Paradox of Development Assistance
  • Romance
  • Illusion
  • The Developing World and Its Condition
  • A Straw in the Wind
  • Being Useful or Being Used
  • The Evolution of the Idea of Development
  • Warm Bodies
  • Sliding toward Dependency
  • Development Assistance as an Industry (the "Dev Biz")
  • Trying Simply to Help
  • Avoiding History
  • The Helper and the Helped
  • Confusing Stakes
  • The Consequences of Avoiding Certain Universals of Human Nature
  • Spare No Expense
  • the Very Best
  • For the People, By the People
  • The Mismatch of Organizational Imperatives and Money
  • Position, Not Condition
  • Headless Chickens
  • The Professionalization of Development
  • Too Many Cooks
  • Rhetorical Support
  • Marketing Development
  • Unintended Consequences
  • The People's Program
  • Conclusion/The Case for a Radical Reduction in Development Assistance.

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