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Despite Good Intentions: Why Development Assistance to the Third World Has Failed
Thomas W. Dichter
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Description for Despite Good Intentions: Why Development Assistance to the Third World Has Failed
Paperback. A critique of the development assistance industry written by a longtime insider, this text reviews the major trends from the 1960s to the 1990s in order to highlight the major failings within the industry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JPS; JPWH; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Since the 1960s, Thomas W. Dichter has worked in the field of international development, managing and evaluating projects for nongovernmental organizations, directing a Peace Corps country programme, and serving as a consultant for such agencies as USAID, UNDP, and the World Bank. On the basis of this experience, he has become an outspoken critic of what he terms the ""international poverty alleviation society"". He believes that efforts to reduce world poverty have been well-intentioned but largely ineffective. On the whole the development industry has failed to serve the needs of the people it has sought to help. To make his ... Read more
Since the 1960s, Thomas W. Dichter has worked in the field of international development, managing and evaluating projects for nongovernmental organizations, directing a Peace Corps country programme, and serving as a consultant for such agencies as USAID, UNDP, and the World Bank. On the basis of this experience, he has become an outspoken critic of what he terms the ""international poverty alleviation society"". He believes that efforts to reduce world poverty have been well-intentioned but largely ineffective. On the whole the development industry has failed to serve the needs of the people it has sought to help. To make his ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558493933
SKU
V9781558493933
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Reviews for Despite Good Intentions: Why Development Assistance to the Third World Has Failed
A literate, entertaining, and soulsearching critique of the international aid business, by an insider who will make other insiders think hard about what they are doing and where they are going. - Ian Smillie, author of Patronage or Partnership: Local Capacity Building In Humanitarian Crises; ""I can think of no study as comprehensive and grounded in such wide experience and ... Read more