TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dichter,Thomas W.
TI  - Despite good intentions: why development assistance to the third world has failed 
SN  - 1558493921 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - HC60 .D485 2003
U1  - 338.91091724 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Amherst
PB  - University of Massachusetts Press
KW  - Economic assistance
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Domestic economic assistance-Developing countries Foreign aid Poverty-Developing countries
N1  - Online version:
Dichter, Thomas W.
Despite good intentions.
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2003
(OCoLC)647376217; Includes bibliographical references and index; TOC; Introduction/The Great Paradox of Development Assistance --
Romance --
Illusion --
The Developing World and Its Condition --
A Straw in the Wind --
Being Useful or Being Used --
The Evolution of the Idea of Development --
Warm Bodies --
Sliding toward Dependency --
Development Assistance as an Industry (the "Dev Biz") --
Trying Simply to Help --
Avoiding History --
The Helper and the Helped --
Confusing Stakes --
The Consequences of Avoiding Certain Universals of Human Nature --
Spare No Expense--the Very Best --
For the People, By the People --
The Mismatch of Organizational Imperatives and Money --
Position, Not Condition --
Headless Chickens --
The Professionalization of Development --
Too Many Cooks --
Rhetorical Support --
Marketing Development --
Unintended Consequences --
The People's Program --
Conclusion/The Case for a Radical Reduction in Development Assistance; Economics
UR  - http://www.worldcat.org/title/despite-good-intentions-why-development-assistance-to-the-third-world-has-failed/oclc/50114336&referer=brief_results
UR  - http://lib.ewubd.edu/ebook/4836
ER  -