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The Aid Lab: Understanding Bangladesh's Unexpected Success (Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research, and Policy in International Development Studies)
Naomi Hossain
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Description for The Aid Lab: Understanding Bangladesh's Unexpected Success (Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research, and Policy in International Development Studies)
Hardcover. The volume explains why Bangladesh's achievements owe as much to its domestic political settlement as to its role as the world's aid lab. Series: Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research, and Policy in International Development Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 Figures, 3 Tables. BIC Classification: 1FKB; GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
From an unpromising start as 'the basket-case' to present day plaudits for its human development achievements, Bangladesh plays an ideological role in the contemporary world order, offering proof that the neo-liberal development model works under the most testing conditions. How were such rapid gains possible in a context of chronically weak governance? The Aid Lab subjects this so-called 'Bangladesh paradox' to close scrutiny, evaluating public policies and their outcomes for poverty and development since Bangladesh's independence in 1971. Countering received wisdom that its gains owe to an early shift to market-oriented economic reform, it argues that a binding political ... Read more
From an unpromising start as 'the basket-case' to present day plaudits for its human development achievements, Bangladesh plays an ideological role in the contemporary world order, offering proof that the neo-liberal development model works under the most testing conditions. How were such rapid gains possible in a context of chronically weak governance? The Aid Lab subjects this so-called 'Bangladesh paradox' to close scrutiny, evaluating public policies and their outcomes for poverty and development since Bangladesh's independence in 1971. Countering received wisdom that its gains owe to an early shift to market-oriented economic reform, it argues that a binding political ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research, and Policy in International Development Studies
Condition
New
Weight
566g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198785507
SKU
V9780198785507
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Ref
99-1
About Naomi Hossain
Naomi Hossain is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex. She previously worked at BRAC's Research and Evaluation Division in Bangladesh, and led on BRAC University's first State of Governance in Bangladesh report in 2006. She now focuses on the popular politics of subsistence crises around the world, leading major studies on ... Read more
Reviews for The Aid Lab: Understanding Bangladesh's Unexpected Success (Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research, and Policy in International Development Studies)
An excellent new book
Duncan Green, Strategic Adviser for Oxfam GB and author of How Change Happens
Duncan Green, Strategic Adviser for Oxfam GB and author of How Change Happens