Helping people help themselves : from the World Bank to an alternative philosophy of development assistance
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Helping people help themselves : from the World Bank to an alternative philosophy of development assistance
(Evolving values for a capitalist world)
University of Michigan Press, 2006, c2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-325) and index
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Description
David Ellerman surveys the deep theoretical foundations for a philosophy of development - including the work of Albert Hirschman, Paolo Freire, John Dewey, and Soren Kierkegaard - and offers a clear, practical suggestion of how goals of development can be better set and met. He argues that the best strategy for development would reduce select forms of assistance and shift the locus of initiative from the would-be helpers to the doers.
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Table of Contents
- Foreword by Albert O. Hirschman
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview
- Chapter 2. Internal and External Motivation: Beyond Homo economicus
- Chapter 3. The Indirect Approach
- Chapter 4. Indirect Approaches: Intellectual History
- Chapter 5. Autonomy-Respecting Development Assistance
- Chapter 6. Knowledge-Based Development Assistance
- Chapter 7. Can Development Agencies Learn and Help Clients Learn? Chapter 8. Case Study: Assistance to the Transition Countries
- Chapter 9. Hirschmanian Themes of Social Learning and Change
- Chapter 10. Conclusions
- Appendix. Eight Thinkers on the Five Themes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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