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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... better suited to the priorities and resources of the aided country ; ( 5 ) that better technicians be hired , and that aid - giving institutions train them in the special techniques of development assistance ; and lastly ( 6 ) that ...
... better suited to the priorities and resources of the aided country ; ( 5 ) that better technicians be hired , and that aid - giving institutions train them in the special techniques of development assistance ; and lastly ( 6 ) that ...
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... better fit to carry out the task at hand . If , however , a good part of the task is learning and adapting , then a good part of the burden rests on the organization and not the individual : he will not be better at development , no ...
... better fit to carry out the task at hand . If , however , a good part of the task is learning and adapting , then a good part of the burden rests on the organization and not the individual : he will not be better at development , no ...
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... better . For the borrower entity the larger the equipment list , the better the chances for getting financing . For the lender entity , the chances for " producing " a given amount of capital transfer would be greater with a larger ...
... better . For the borrower entity the larger the equipment list , the better the chances for getting financing . For the lender entity , the chances for " producing " a given amount of capital transfer would be greater with a larger ...
Contents
The Task and the Organizational Fit | 8 |
The Misfit | 23 |
The Institutionalization of Outside Criticism | 38 |
Copyright | |
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