This narrative relates the day-to-day experience of an aid worker in Yemen. The author casts an anthropological eye on the large range of people - permanent officials in aid organizations, temporary aid workers, the bureaucrats of the host country and community leaders - involved in the activities. Showing the differences of interests and values among these people, he questions the wisdom of imposed development.
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This review is from: The Despairing Developer: Diary of an Aid Worker in the Middle East (Paperback)
This is a great book, despite the depressing title, which outlines the sort of barriers developers face and the grave errors developers/would-be developers/donors etc. make. Despite being published in 1996 it doesn't feel out of date (I know nothing about Yemen, though) For seasoned developers the tales are not new, although it is nice to have them published rather than have them sound like urban legends - the way the horror stories are traded. I think this is most useful to people interested in development or just starting (if they missed this sort of thing in their education). I know that the end was what rang true to me personally, the way the final meeting was pushed along and people didn't have a chance to air grievances. Personally, I like to read this stuff to keep me in the right place and help me remember to watch, as an outsider, what I am doing. It IS easy to get carried away with a focus on simply going through the paces to provide what the donor wants. Instead, development is an art, and while much blame can be laid at the feet of donors, practitioners have responsibilities too.I further recommend reading Jonathan ( I think) Klitgaard.
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provincial health director, primary health care plan, local development association, provincial health office, chewing qat, female health workers, primary health care workers, pharmacy owners, male training, government prefect, health post, desk person, oral rehydration solution Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ali Ahmad, All Ahmad, Abdul Kariim, Bani Salim, North Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Khalid Tahir, Ministry of Health, Nasar Mohammad, Peace Corps, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad All, United States, Central Planning Organization, Abdul Hamiid, Red Sea, World Health Organization, Bayt al Baydani, Sheikh Ahmad, Taalib Hussein, Tahrir Square, United Nations, Yemen Arab Republic, Daihatsu Rocky, Overseas Development Administration New!
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provincial health director, primary health care plan, local development association, provincial health office, chewing qat, female health workers, primary health care workers, pharmacy owners, male training, government prefect, health post, desk person, oral rehydration solution Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ali Ahmad, All Ahmad, Abdul Kariim, Bani Salim, North Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Khalid Tahir, Ministry of Health, Nasar Mohammad, Peace Corps, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad All, United States, Central Planning Organization, Abdul Hamiid, Red Sea, World Health Organization, Bayt al Baydani, Sheikh Ahmad, Taalib Hussein, Tahrir Square, United Nations, Yemen Arab Republic, Daihatsu Rocky, Overseas Development Administration New!
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- Overseas Development Administration: Emergency Relief: [Hc]: [1992-93]: House of Commons Papers: [1992-93] by Great Britain on page 87
- Middle East (Pt. 19) in Front Matter
- Civil Society in Yemen: The Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia (Cambridge Middle East Studies) by Sheila Carapico in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Disasters, Relief and the Media by Jonathan Benthall on page 69
- Appropriate Methodology and Social Context (Cambridge Language Teaching Library) by Adrian Holliday in Back Matter
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