The Delusion of Knowledge Transfer : The Impact of Foreign Aid Experts on Policy-making in South Africa and Tanzania /

With the rise of the 'knowledge for development' paradigm, expert advice has become a prime instrument of foreign aid. At the same time, it has been object of repeated criticism: the chronic failure of 'technical assistance' - a notion under which advice is commonly subsumed - has been documented in...

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Autori principali: Koch, Susanne (Autore), Weingart, Peter (Autore)
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
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Sommario:
  • Introduction. Perpetuating dependence : expert advice as tool of foreign aid
  • 1. Knowledge transfer to young democracies : issues of legitimacy, sovereignty, and efficacy
  • 2. Accessing the world of development aid : study design and fieldwork
  • 3. South Africa and Tanzania : two different types of ‘donor darlings'
  • 4. Multiple actors, colliding interests : the main players of the aid game
  • 5. Intricacies of expert advice in the aid context
  • 6. Retaining autonomy of agenda-setting in dealing with advice : structural conditions
  • 7. The impact of expert advice on policy-making in young democracies : sector studies
  • 8. There is no substitute for local knowledge : summary and conclusion.