Wringing Success from Failure in Late-Developing Countries: Lessons From the Field [Hardcover]

Joseph F. Stepanek (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0275965058 | ISBN-13: 978-0275965051 | Publication Date: September 30, 1999

Development has alleviated poverty in many countries during the 50 years since the end of War World II, yet half of mankind remains poor; a fifth are very poor. Poverty is not a state of nature, but, as Stepanek shows, can be ascribed to manmade institutions that reflect self-serving and self-indulgent ideologies, poorly tested theories and policies, weak governments, and poverty alleviation programs that are questionably designed and poorly administered. Dr. Stepanek asserts that poverty cannot be alleviated without challenging all of its root causes, and he shows that well-designed development strategies and foreign assistance programs can create growth and reduce poverty. Western governments, international banks, and donor agencies must reexamine how they design and administer foreign aid if they are to be successful. Stepanek explains foreign aid in general and in specific, in history and theory, and in its present and practical forms.

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.,."development practitioners, members of the academic community, and others interested in development and development-assistance issues should all find this book highly rewarding, even when they disagree with some conclusions and recommendations. As a praticipant in the development process who combines intimate knowledge with anyaltical reflection, Stepanek gives us valuable insights not readily discernible by those outside the loop."-Journal of Developing Areas

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Examines what works, what can work well, and what fails in development and foreign assistance.

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• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Praeger (September 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0275965058
• ISBN-13: 978-0275965051
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,289,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must reading for members of U.S. Congress, January 1, 2000

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One of the frankest and most constructive analyses of U.S. foreign assistance in Africa. If Stepanek's advice were understood and followed perhaps African nations/people could actually make progress in breaking the cycle of dependency.