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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... construction schedules for other projects in the system , it was decided that the full 250 - megawatt installation could be justified . The company said that the original construction schedule was based solely on demand considerations ...
... construction schedules for other projects in the system , it was decided that the full 250 - megawatt installation could be justified . The company said that the original construction schedule was based solely on demand considerations ...
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... construction machinery than the earth dam . It was known , moreover , that local construction firms did not have an equipment fleet large enough for , or suited to , that particular task . If the rockfill alternative were selected ...
... construction machinery than the earth dam . It was known , moreover , that local construction firms did not have an equipment fleet large enough for , or suited to , that particular task . If the rockfill alternative were selected ...
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... construction was for a long time one of the favored recipients of development assistance , although in recent years the donor world has made a determined effort to reduce that favor . Developing - country roads are famous for their poor ...
... construction was for a long time one of the favored recipients of development assistance , although in recent years the donor world has made a determined effort to reduce that favor . Developing - country roads are famous for their poor ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Task and the Organizational Fit | 8 |
The Misfit | 23 |
Copyright | |
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