Helping people help themselves:from the World Bank to an alternative philosophy of development assistance

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ellerman David P
Published: University of Michigan Press,
Publisher Address: Ann Arbor
Publication Dates: 2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Evolving values for a capitalist world
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Carrier Form: xxiv, 334 p.: ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0472031422
9780472031429
Index Number: F112
CLC: F112.1
F114.4
Call Number: F114.4/E456
Contents: Originally published: 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-325) and index.
Introduction & overview -- Internal & external motivation: beyond homo economicus -- The indirect approach -- Indirect approaches: intellectual history -- Autonomy-respecting development assistance -- Knowledge-based development assistance -- Can development agencies learn & help clients learn? -- Case study: assistance to the transition countries -- Hirschmanian themes of social learning & change -- Conclusions.