Development in practice
Subtitle: paved with good intentions
By: Doug Porter, Bryant Allen, and Gaye Thompson.
Contributors: Allen, Bryant James.; Thompson, Gaye, 1959-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1991
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Rural development -- Kenya -- Coast Province.; Rural development projects -- Kenya -- Coast Province.; Economic assistance -- Kenya -- Coast Province.; Coast Province (Kenya) -- Economic policy.
Description: Drawing on field diaries, interviews and documentation, this study of a large Australian aid-funded rural development project, the Magarini Settlement Project in Coast Province, Kenya, reveals how it was organized, what it was meant to achieve and the reasons why it failed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.