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How the Aid Industry Works : The Politics and Practice of International Development / Arjan de Haan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2009]Description: 1 online resource (237 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781565493490
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.9109172
LOC classification:
  • HF1411 .H217 2009
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1 Why Is Aid Contested? -- 2 The Aid Industry Defined -- 3 The Evolution in Thinking about Aid and International Development -- 4 Development Projects: Rationale and Critique -- 5 Hard-nosed Development: Reforms, Adjustment, Governance -- 6 Country-led Approaches and Donor Coordination -- 7 Development’s Poor Cousins: Environment, Gender, Participation, and Rights -- 8 What Works in the Aid Industry? What Doesn’t? How Do We Know? -- 9 Challenges for the Aid Industry in the Twenty-first Century -- Notes -- Reference List -- About the Author -- Index
Summary: How the Aid Industry Works provides a concise introduction to the business of development—to what aid practices are, and how they have evolved. Arjan de Haan also assesses the arguments of both proponents and opponents of aid and presents illustrative examples of actual projects and programs. Ideal for students encountering the subject of development for the first time, the book also serves well as an overview for development practitioners who want a handy reference covering the universe they inhabit.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781565493490

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1 Why Is Aid Contested? -- 2 The Aid Industry Defined -- 3 The Evolution in Thinking about Aid and International Development -- 4 Development Projects: Rationale and Critique -- 5 Hard-nosed Development: Reforms, Adjustment, Governance -- 6 Country-led Approaches and Donor Coordination -- 7 Development’s Poor Cousins: Environment, Gender, Participation, and Rights -- 8 What Works in the Aid Industry? What Doesn’t? How Do We Know? -- 9 Challenges for the Aid Industry in the Twenty-first Century -- Notes -- Reference List -- About the Author -- Index

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How the Aid Industry Works provides a concise introduction to the business of development—to what aid practices are, and how they have evolved. Arjan de Haan also assesses the arguments of both proponents and opponents of aid and presents illustrative examples of actual projects and programs. Ideal for students encountering the subject of development for the first time, the book also serves well as an overview for development practitioners who want a handy reference covering the universe they inhabit.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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