Despite good intentions : why development assistance to the Third World has failed / Thomas W. Dichter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dichter, Thomas W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance--Developing countries--Evaluation.

Economic assistance.

Developing countries.

Evaluation.

Poverty--Developing countries.

Poverty.

Physical Description:

xiii, 303 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2003]

Contents:

Introduction/The Great Paradox of Development Assistance 1

Story 1 Romance 11

Story 2 Illusion 19

Chapter 1 The Developing World and Its Condition 23

Story 3 A Straw in the Wind 31

Story 4 Being Useful or Being Used 37

Chapter 2 The Evolution of the Idea of Development 48

Story 5 Warm Bodies 75

Story 6 Sliding toward Dependency 90

Chapter 3 Development Assistance as an Industry (the "Dev Biz") 98

Story 8 Trying Simply to Help 124

Chapter 4 Avoiding History 128

Story 9 The Helper and the Helped 135

Story 10 Confusing Stakes 143

Chapter 5 The Consequences of Avoiding Certain Universals of Human Nature 152

Story 11 Spare No Expense

the Very Best 164

Story 12 For the People, By the People 175

Chapter 6 The Mismatch of Organizational Imperatives and Money 180

Story 13 Position, Not Condition 197

Story 14 Headless Chickens 215

Chapter 7 The Professionalization of Development 226

Story 15 Too Many Cooks 239

Story 16 Rhetorical Support 246

Chapter 8 Marketing Development 257

Story 17 Unintended Consequences 271

Story 18 The People's Program 281

Conclusion/The Case for a Radical Reduction in Development Assistance 286.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index.

ISBN:

1558493921

155849393X

OCLC:

50114336