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Dominant Paradigms Overturned or ‘Business as Usual’? Development Discourse and the White Paper on International Development
Katy Gardner,David Lewis +1 more
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This article used the Department for International Development's recent White Paper on Development as a case study to critically reassess Escobar's notion of development discourse and argue that changes can and do take place within development organizations.Abstract:
Using the Department for International Development’s recent White Paper on Development as a case study, this article critically reassesses Escobar’s notion of development discourse. Rather than being monolithic and static, as Escobar and others have implied, the writers argue that changes can and do take place within development organizations. Not only does the White Paper clearly signal a new direction in policy; it also results both from changes within DFID – in personnel and in the balance of power between interest groups – and between DFID and civil society.read more
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What do buzzwords do for development policy? a critical look at ‘participation’, ‘empowerment’ and ‘poverty reduction’
Andrea Cornwall,Karen Brock +1 more
TL;DR: In the fast-moving world of development policy, buzzwords play an important part in framing solutions as mentioned in this paper, and today's development orthodoxies are captured in a seductive mix of such words, among which 'participation', 'empowerment' and 'poverty reduction' take a prominent place.
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Development critiques in the 1990s: culs de sacand promising paths
TL;DR: A revealing article on recent anti-capitalist protests in The Economist expressed grave concern that a motley assortment of protestors and NGOs, ranging from the League for a Revolutionary Communist International to Oxfam, are extorting admissions of fault from law-abiding companies and changes in policy from democratically elected governments.
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Exploring social capital debates at the World Bank
TL;DR: This article explored the ways in which discussions of social capital have emerged within the World Bank, and how they interacted both with project practices and with larger debates in the institution, and concluded with a reflection on implications of these debates for future research, policy, and practice.
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Evaluating the Developmental Impact of E-Governance Initiatives: An Exploratory Framework
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used Sen's notion of capabilities as an evaluative space for e-governance assessment and evaluated FRIENDS and AKSHAYA egovernance projects in the South Indian state of Kerala.
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Interpreting E-government and Development: Efficiency, Transparency or Governance at a Distance?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the transformation of citizens into customers is problematic and the correlation between good governance and minimal state with development can hardly be demonstrated historically, and they ask more generally whether the marketization of the state, embedded in e-government, makes sense as the paramount approach to improve democracy and foster development.
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The consequences of modernity
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a Phenomonology of modernity and post-modernity in the context of trust in abstract systems and the transformation of intimacy in the modern world.
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Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World.
Susan Greenhalgh,Arturo Escobar +1 more
TL;DR: The 2012 edition of the 2012 edition vii Preface xlv as discussed by the authors is a collection of essays about development and the anthropology of modernity, with a focus on post-development.
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The anti-politics machine : "development," depoliticization, and bureaucratic power in Lesotho
TL;DR: The Thaba-Tseka development project as mentioned in this paper has been used to study power, property, and livestock in rural Lesotho, and the deployment of development: livestock development the decentralization of crop development and some other programmes of the Thaba Tseka project.
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The Anti-Politics Machine: Development, Depoliticization and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho
Dominique Darbon,James Ferguson +1 more
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Investing Social Categories Through Place: Social Representations and Development in Nepal
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a didactic skit aimed at convincing rural people that they should consult doctors for their health problems or should feed oral rehydration solution to children suffering from diarrhea.