Helping People Help Themselves
Subtitle: From the World Bank to an Alternative Philosophy of Development Assistance (Evolving Values for a Capitalist World)
Contributors: Albert O. Hirschman (Foreword)
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: April 13, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780472114658
Subjects: Development economics; Development studies; Sociology, Social Studies; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Development - Economic Development; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Business & Economics / Economic Development; Developing countries; Economic assistance; Economic development; Social aspects; World Bank
First sentence: The World Bank, the leading multilateral development agency, begins its mission statement with a dedication to helping people help themselves, and Oxfam, a leading nongovernmental organization (NGO) working on development, states that its "main aim is to help people to help themselves."