Inclusive aid : changing power and relationships in international development / / edited by Leslie Christine Groves and Rachel Barbara Hinton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910829301403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sterling, Va, : Earthscan, 2004
• ISBN: 1-136-56315-6; 1-84977-170-7; 1-280-47610-9; 9786610476107; 1-136-56316-4; 600-00-0017-0; 1-4175-4275-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GrovesLeslie Christine <1974->; HintonRachel Barbara <1968->
• Disciplina: 338.91/09172/4
• Soggetti: Economic assistance; Poverty - Developing countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Inclusive Aid Changing Power and Relationships in International Development; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; About the Contributors; Preface; Editors' Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part One: Challenges and Opportunities; 1 The Complexity of Inclusive Aid; 2 Changing Power Relations in the History of Aid; 3 Reflections on Organizational Change; Part Two: Power, Procedures and Relationships; 4 Who Owns a Poverty Reduction Strategy? A Case Study of Power, Instruments and Relationships in Bolivia; 5 Questioning, Learning and 'Cutting Edge' Agendas: Some Thoughts from Tanzania6 The Donor-Government-Citizen Frame as Seen by a Government Participant; 7 Exploring Power and Relationships: A Perspective from Nepal; 8 An International NGO's Staff Reflections on Power, Procedures and Relationships; 9 'If It Doesn't Fit on the Blue ; Square It's Out!' An Open Letter to My Donor Friend; 10 The Bureaucrat; Part Three: The Way Forward; 11 Shifting Power to Make a Difference; 12 How Can Donors Become More Accountable to Poor People?; 13 Minding the Gap through Organizational Learning; 14 Personal Change and Responsible Well-Being15 Enabling Inclusive Aid: Changing Power and Relationships in International Development; Appendix - The Dynamics of Aid: Power, Procedures and Relationships Timeline; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Rapid and profound changes are taking place in international development. The past two decades have promoted the ideals of participation and partnership, yet key decisions affecting people's lives continue to be made without sufficient attention to the socio-political realities of the countries in which they live. Embedded working traditions, vested interests and institutional inertia mean that old habits and cultures persist among the development community. Planning continues as though it were free of unpredictable interactions among stakeholders. This book is about the need to recognise the