Helping people help themselves
Subtitle: from the World Bank to an alternative philosophy of development assistance
By: David Ellerman.
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
Description: Surveys the theoretical foundations for a philosophy of development - including the work of Albert Hirschman, Paolo Freire, John Dewey, and Soren Kierkegaard. The author offers a practical suggestion of how goals of development can be better set and met.He shifts the locus of initiative from the would-be helpers to the doers.