Inclusive aid : changing power and relationships in international development / edited by Leslie Christine Groves and Rachel Barbara Hinton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Groves, Leslie Christine, 1974-

Hinton, Rachel Barbara, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance.

Poverty--Developing countries.

Poverty.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

xviii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va : Earthscan, 2004.

Summary:

*Argues that, to be successful, development must be understood and approached as a "complex system"

Contents:

Part 1 Challenges and Opportunities

1 The Complexity of Inclusive Aid / Rachel Hinton, Leslie Groves 3

2 Changing Power Relations in the History of Aid / Caroline Robb 21

3 Reflections on Organizational Change / Jean Horstman 42

Part 2 Power, Procedures and Relationships

4. Who Owns a Poverty Reduction Strategy? A Case Study of Power, Instruments and Relationships in Bolivia / Rosalind Eyben 57

5 Questioning, Learning and 'Cutting Edge' Agendas: Some Thoughts from Tanzania / Leslie Groves 76

6 The Donor-Government-Citizen Frame as Seen by a Government Participant / Margaret Kakande 87

7 Exploring Power and Relationships: A Perspective from Nepal / Ruth Marsden 97

8 An International NGO's Staff Reflections on Power, Procedures and Relationships / Charles Owusu 108

9 'If It Doesn't Fit on the Blue Square It's Out!' An Open Letter to My Donor Friend / Everjoice Win 123

10 The Bureaucrat / Katja Jassey 128

Part 3 The Way Forward

11 Shifting Power to Make a Difference / Robert Chambers, Jethro Pettit 137

12 How Can Donors Become More Accountable to Poor People? / Rosalind Eyben, Clare Ferguson 163

13 Minding the Gap through Organizational Learning / Katherine Pasteur, Patta Scott-Villiers 181

14 Personal Change and Responsible Well-Being / Patta Scott-Villiers 199

15 Enabling Inclusive Aid: Changing Power and Relationships in International Development / Rachel Hinton 210

Appendix The Dynamics of Aid: Power, Procedures and Relationships Timeline 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1844070336

1844070328

OCLC:

53330979