Knowledge for development? : comparing British, Japanese, Swedish and World Bank aid /
In 1996, the World Bank President, James Wolfensohn, declared that his organization would henceforth be?the knowledge bank?. A new discourse of knowledge-based aid has since spread rapidly across the development field. This book is the first detailed attempt to analyse this new discourse and practic...
| Основен автор: | King, Kenneth. |
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| Други автори: | McGrath, Simon A. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Capetown, South Africa : London ; New York :
HSRC Press ; Zed Books,
2004.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=263845 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Knowledge for development?. |
| Резюме: |
In 1996, the World Bank President, James Wolfensohn, declared that his organization would henceforth be?the knowledge bank?. A new discourse of knowledge-based aid has since spread rapidly across the development field. This book is the first detailed attempt to analyse this new discourse and practice. Through an examination of four agencies - the World Bank, the British Department for International Development, the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency - it explores what this new approach to aid means in both theory and practice. I. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) |
| Формат: |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781848131538 1848131534 |