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A moral critique of development: in search of global responsibilities
Recent critiques of international development practice, affecting aid organizations such as Oxfam, Action Aid and the Red Cross, have attacked the motives of those heading the 'machine' of development suggesting that it is in reality just too politically complex for good ever to come of it. But, despite the genuine need for a critical appraisal of development work, the anti-development backlash…
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- 9780203451809
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- xiii, 309 p. ; 24 cm.
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- 174 UFF m
Escaping the resource curse
The wealth derived from natural resources can have a tremendous impact on the economics and politics of producing countries. In the last quarter century, we have seen the surprising and sobering consequences of this wealth, producing what is now known as the "resource curse." Countries with large endowments of natural resources, such as oil and gas, often do worse than their poorer neighbors. T…
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- 9780231141963
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- xviii, 408 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia (Series)
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- [POL-LIB-423]
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