Helping People Help Themselves : From the World Bank to an Alternative Philosophy of Development Assistance.
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- 9780472021765
- 338.91/09172/4
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Intro -- Contents -- 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' Eyes -- First 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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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