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Transboundary Cooperations in Rwanda : Organisation Patterns of Companies, Projects, and Foreign Aid Compared / Robin Pohl.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Kultur und soziale PraxisPublisher: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2016]Copyright date: 2016Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783837633122
  • 9783839433126
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.910967571 22/ger
LOC classification:
  • HC875 .P75 2016eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Thanks -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Transboundary Cooperations in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3. Processing Social and Cultural Heterogeneity -- 4. Field Studies in Companies, Agencies and Projects -- 5. Analytical Framework: Three Aspects of Transboundary Cooperations -- 6. Synthesis: Most Important Patterns and Types in the Field -- 7. Conclusion -- 8. Appendix -- 9. References
Summary: How is transnational cooperation practically conducted in the East African country of Rwanda, and how is it organised? Can the worlds of development aid and private business be compared?In this ethnography, Robin Pohl identifies the organisational patterns used by Rwandan, European and Indian partners. Different types of agencies, companies or projects each relate foreign activities differently to their local environment. The effects of potential divisions at the global level turn into assets or liabilities on the operative level of transboundary cooperations, depending on their context.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Thanks -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Transboundary Cooperations in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3. Processing Social and Cultural Heterogeneity -- 4. Field Studies in Companies, Agencies and Projects -- 5. Analytical Framework: Three Aspects of Transboundary Cooperations -- 6. Synthesis: Most Important Patterns and Types in the Field -- 7. Conclusion -- 8. Appendix -- 9. References

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How is transnational cooperation practically conducted in the East African country of Rwanda, and how is it organised? Can the worlds of development aid and private business be compared?In this ethnography, Robin Pohl identifies the organisational patterns used by Rwandan, European and Indian partners. Different types of agencies, companies or projects each relate foreign activities differently to their local environment. The effects of potential divisions at the global level turn into assets or liabilities on the operative level of transboundary cooperations, depending on their context.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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