Helping people help themselves : from the World Bank to an alternative philosophy of development assistance /

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Surveys the theoretical foundations for a philosophy of development - including the work of Albert Hirschman, Paolo Freire, John Dewey, and Soren Kierkegaard. The author offers a practical suggestion of how goals of development can be better set and met. He shifts the locus of initiative from the wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ellerman, David P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2006.
Edition:1st pbk. ed.
Series:Evolving values for a capitalist world.
Subjects:
World Bank > Developing countries.
World Bank.
Weltbank
Economic assistance > Developing countries.
Economic development > Social aspects > Developing countries.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > General.
Economic assistance.
Economic development > Social aspects.
Entwicklungshilfe
Ontwikkelingssamenwerking.
Wereldbank.
Economische ontwikkeling.
Developing countries.
Entwicklungsländer
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction & overview
  • Internal & external motivation: beyond homo economicus
  • The indirect approach
  • Indirect approaches: intellectual history
  • Autonomy-respecting development assistance
  • Knowledge-based development assistance
  • Can development agencies learn & help clients learn?
  • Case study: assistance to the transition countries
  • Hirschmanian themes of social learning & change
  • Conclusions.

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