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UNINA9910777969003321 |
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Autore |
Rottenburg Richard |
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Titolo |
Far-fetched facts : a parable of development aid / / Richard Rottenburg ; translated by Allison Brown and Tom Lampert |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
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1-282-24060-9 |
0-262-25503-0 |
9786612240607 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic assistance - Developing countries |
Social change - Developing countries |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Translated from the German. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acronyms; Prologue; Belief ; 1 The Solid Ground of Development Policy; 2 The Risks of the Entrepreneur; Doubt ; 3 The Disclosures of Science; Searching ; 4 Interstitial Spaces; 5 Trading Zones; Trying Again ; 6 Metacode-Cultural Code; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is a fictionalized ethnographic study of development aid in sub-Saharan Africa that focuses on technologies of inscription in the interactions of development banks, international experts and local managers. |
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