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Book SynopsisSurveys 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.
Trade ReviewA towering achievement. It outdoes Sen and Hirschman in its reach across economics, management theory, psychology, sociology, mathematics and philosophy. The result is a coherent alternative way of seeing"" the relationship between aid organizations based in rich countries and aid recipients based in poorer ones, and some practical suggestions on how to re-engage the aid agencies more as ""helpers"" than as ""doers"". Along the way it fairly sizzles with insider insights into the workings of the World Bank."" - Robert Hunter Wade, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics ""Ellerman provides a compelling humanist understanding of how economic development aid can succeed, if only people and nations are enabled to help themselves."" - William Greider, author of The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy
