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UNINA9910634031903321 |
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Sims David <1948 June 23-> |
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Development Delusions and Contradictions : An Anatomy of the Foreign Aid Industry / / by David Sims |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
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[1st ed. 2023.] |
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1 online resource (xxviii, 397 pages) |
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Development economics |
Economic policy |
Africa - Economic conditions |
Development Economics |
Economic Policy |
African Economics |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Part I Inside the Donor World -- 1. Background: A Sketch of the Development Industry -- 2. The Imperative to Spend -- 3. Product Development -- 4. Control, Compliance, and More Control -- 5. Procurement -- 6. Numbers, Indicators, and Technical Objectivity -- 7. Chronic Ills of the Industry -- 8. Acts of Congregation -- 9. Texts and Documentation -- 10. Herd Instinct -- 11. Plus Ça Change -- 12. Responses to Covid-19 -- Part II: When the West Meets the Rest -- 13. Background: Governments in the Rest -- 14. Donor Overload -- 15. Partnerships? -- 16. Country Ownership -- 17. Pay Scales -- 18. The Rest Strikes Back -- 19. Blind Support for the Private Sector -- 20. Informality -- Part III: Conclusions -- 21. Summing Up -- 22. Peering into the Future. |
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This book analyses the shortcomings of the Western development aid programme. Through exploring the evolution of aid over more than seven decades, development is examined as an industry with a variety |
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of motives and actors. The driving forces and dynamics in the relationship between aid and economic development are highlighted in relation to faulty development structures and misaligned aims. With a particular focus on Egypt, radical questions are posed on how global aid and development can be improved, including how it can respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This book aims to present an alternative aid framework to help overcome the dysfunctionality of the current international development system. It will be of interest to researchers and policymakers working within development economics and development policy. David Sims is a development consultant who has worked with a number of international agencies, including the European Commission, World Bank, and UN. |
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UNINA9910595060403321 |
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Autore |
Pak Chin-ho |
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Architectural and Urban Subsymmetries / / by Jin-Ho Park |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2022 |
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[1st ed. 2022.] |
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1 online resource (272 pages) |
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Mathematics and the Built Environment, , 2512-1561 ; ; 6 |
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Mathematics |
Arts |
Architecture - Mathematics |
Group theory |
Mathematics in Art and Architecture |
Group Theory and Generalizations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Spatial Transformations of Shapes -- Plane Symmetry Groups -- Cayley Diagrams.-Subshapes and Subsymmetries -- Subsymmetries of the Point Groups in Architectural Designs -- Subsymmetries of the Frieze |
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groups in Architectural Designs -- Subsymmetries of the Wallpaper Groups in Architecture and Urban Designs. |
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This book focuses on symmetries in the analysis and synthesis of architectural designs. Crucial in the history of architecture, principles of symmetry provided the means to achieve balance and harmony of spatial composition in architecture. Less well known is the importance of symmetry principles in the analysis of the distinct constituents in a contemporary architectural design which may, at first glance, appear disorganized or even random. The revelation of different hierarchical levels wherein various types of symmetry or subsymmetry are superimposed provides a key for deciphering the underlying structure of spatial logic. The interaction between local and global subsymmetries is of particular interest. Operating with symmetry concepts in this manner offers architects, designers and students an explicit method for understanding the symmetrical logics of sophisticated designs and gaining insights into new designs. This book has two complementary objectives: to explore the fundamental principles of architectural composition founded on the algebraic structure of symmetry groups in mathematics and to apply the principles in the analysis and synthesis of architectural and urban designs. By viewing and decomposing architectural and urban designs in this manner, the hidden spatial logic and underlying order in a design become transparent. |
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