Who are you and why are you here? : tales of international development / Jacques Claessens and Nigel Spencer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Claessens, Jacques, 1928-2012, author.

Spencer, Nigel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Economic history.

Claessens, Jacques, 1928-2012.

Claessens, Jacques.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Between the Lines, [2018]

Summary:

Every international development project looks good on paper until someone asks, "Who are you and why are you here?" In this case, it's a man from northern Burkina Faso. His question reveals everything wrong with international development work today.

Contents:

Intro

Praise for Who Are You and Why Are You Here?

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Editors Note to French First Edition

Dedication

Foreword

Map of Burkina Faso

Preface The Abyss

Prologue

Part I The Sahel in Burkina

1 Country under Construction (1983)

2 Pre-Formulation Mission (January 1984)

3 Formulation Mission (June 1984)

4 Technical Mission (January 1985)

5 Evaluation (October 1987)

6 Three Years Later

7 Forests of Southern Burkina

Part II Fifteen Years Later

8 Mr. B

9 Return to Ouaga

10 Headed for Oudalan

11 Mining Eldorado

Epilogue I Had a Dream

Principal Acronyms

Bibliography

Notes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Claessens, Jacques Who Are You and Why Are You Here?

ISBN:

9781771133043

177113304X

OCLC:

1035314062