The ills of aid : an analysis of Third World development policies
"With this book, Eberhard Reusse channels thirty years of experience with international aid programs into the task of both diagnosing the problems afflicting these programs and formulating a possible cure. Supporting his analysis with detailed case studies of two rural development programs in Africa - the United Nations' "War on Waste" and cereal banks for small-farmer communities - Reusse reveals a system riddled with flaws. Impatient assumptions, belated and often suppressed recognition of their invalidity, and the perpetuation of unsuitable programs over decades - all are characteristic of the system. Local populations "fail" to participate in programs, or their accumulated firsthand knowledge is ignored and marginalized
xviii, 127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780226710143, 0226710149
48966728
A version of the manuscript was published in a limited edition in Germany in 1999 under the title Interventionist paradigms and the ills of aid