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Book SynopsisIn the process, Altaf introduces into the development conversation the human dimension that most frameworks have neglected to their detriment.
Trade Review"This is a remarkable book. The author draws on her long experience in working on development programs in Pakistan to illuminate some of the major problems in the symbiotic relationships between providers of development assistance and the governments that receive the assistance." (John W. Sewell, former president of the Overseas Development Council)"
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why This Story Needs to Be Told
1. Meeting Lucymemsahib and Starting Our Project
2. The Organization of Our Project
3. The Pakistan Nursing Council: A Dead End
4. The Allama Iqbal Open University's Bureau of University Extensions and Special Programs
5. The Women's Division: A Brief Encounter of the Worst Kind
6. The Population Welfare Division: To Be or Not to Be...
7. Regional Training Institutes and Other Such Things
8. A Day in the Life of a Provincial Health Department
9. The UNICEF and UNDP Workshop and the SindhSAP Proposal
10. The Punjab Proposal and the Firing of the Learned Dr.Sahiba: . . . And That's the Way It Is . . .
11. The Immunization Program in the North-West Frontier Province
12. Bank's World: Witches' Oil and Lizards' Tails
13. Packed, Sealed, and Delivered: Our Project Is Finished—in More Ways Than One
Epilogue: The Beat Goes On...
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