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Knowledge for Development? - Comparing British, Japanese, Swedish and World Bank Aid (Paperback) Price: R199
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Knowledge for Development? - Comparing British, Japanese, Swedish and World Bank Aid (Paperback): Kenneth King, Simon McGrath

Knowledge for Development? - Comparing British, Japanese, Swedish and World Bank Aid (Paperback)

Kenneth King, Simon McGrath

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In 1996, the World Bank President, James Wolfensohn, declared that his organization would henceforth be "the knowledge bank." This statement marks the beginning in earnest of a new discourse of knowledge-based aid, which has spread rapidly across the development field. This book is the first detailed attempt to analyze 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--the book explores what this new approach to aid means in both theory and practice. It argues that too much of the emphasis of knowledge-based aid has been on developing capacity within agencies rather than addressing the expressed needs of Southern "partners." Moreover, it questions whether knowledge-based aid leads to greater agency certainty about what constitutes good development.

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Imprint: Zed Books Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: February 2004
First published: May 2004
Authors: Kenneth King • Simon McGrath
Dimensions: 215 x 135 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-1-84277-325-3
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Aid & relief programmes
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LSN: 1-84277-325-9
Barcode: 9781842773253

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