Title Helping people help themselves : from the World Bank to an alternative philosophy of development assistance / David Ellerman.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	338.91 E45H	Check Shelf

Description	xx, 334 pages ; 24 cm.
Series	Evolving values for a capitalist world
	Evolving values for a capitalist world.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-325) and index.
Contents	Introduction & overview -- Internal & external motivation: beyond homo economicus -- The indirect approach -- Indirect approaches: intellectual history -- Autonomy-respecting development assistance -- Knowledge-based development assistance -- Can development agencies learn & help clients learn? -- Case study: assistance to the transition countries -- Hirschmanian themes of social learning & change -- Conclusions.
Summary	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.
Subject	World Bank -- Developing countries.
	Economic assistance -- Developing countries.
	Economic development -- Social aspects -- Developing countries.
	World Bank. (OCoLC)fst00531892
	Economic assistance. (OCoLC)fst00901592
	Economic development -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00901865
	Developing countries. (OCoLC)fst01242969
	World Bank (DE-588)121364-7
	Entwicklungshilfe (DE-588)4014948-1
	Entwicklungsländer (DE-588)4014954-7
Other Form:	Online version: Ellerman, David P. Helping people help themselves. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2005 (OCoLC)607605817
ISBN	0472114654 (cloth ; alk. paper)
	9780472114658 (cloth ; alk. paper)
	0472031422 (paperback)
	9780472031429 (paperback)
	9780472021765 ebook

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