Inside Foreign AidJohns Hopkins University Press, 1975 - 140 pages Monograph on development aid, with special reference to the role of USA aid programmes and development projects - shows how organizational environment and behaviour determine many of the shortcomings of both bilateral aid (e.g. 'Aid') and multilateral aid (e.g. World Bank, IDB, UNDP (role of UN). Bibliography pp. 129 to 135 and references. |
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... pressures from contractors and consulting firms , political unpopularity , and imperialism as some of the negative ... pressure distorts decision - making on the allocation of resources . She also shows how the adaptations made by the ...
... pressures from contractors and consulting firms , political unpopularity , and imperialism as some of the negative ... pressure distorts decision - making on the allocation of resources . She also shows how the adaptations made by the ...
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... pressure by developed - country manufacturers with equip- ment to sell , political payoffs , underdeveloped ... pressures of private interest groups and to poaching by other government entities . Most public sector entities , however ...
... pressure by developed - country manufacturers with equip- ment to sell , political payoffs , underdeveloped ... pressures of private interest groups and to poaching by other government entities . Most public sector entities , however ...
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... pressure to commit resources that is exerted on a donor organization from within and without and ( 2 ) the standards of individual employee performance within such a bureaucracy , which place high priority on the ability to move money.4 ...
... pressure to commit resources that is exerted on a donor organization from within and without and ( 2 ) the standards of individual employee performance within such a bureaucracy , which place high priority on the ability to move money.4 ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Task and the Organizational Fit | 8 |
The Misfit | 23 |
Copyright | |
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