Far-fetched facts : a parable of development aid / / Richard Rottenburg ; translated by Allison Brown and Tom Lampert
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.9109172/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Economic assistance - Developing countries |
| Social change - Developing countries | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General |
| ECONOMICS/Trade & Development | |
| Note generali: | Translated from the German. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Far-fetched facts |
| ISBN: | 1-282-24060-9 |
| 0-262-25503-0 | |
| 9786612240607 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777969003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Inside technology.