Helping people help themselves : from the World Bank to an alternative philosophy of development assistance

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Albert O. Hirschman -- Preface -- 1 Introduction & Overview -- 2 Internal & External Motivation: Beyond Homo Economicus -- 3 The Indirect Approach -- 4 Indirect Approaches: Intellectual History -- 5 Autonomy-Respecting Development Assistance -- 6 Knowledge-Based Development Assistance -- 7 Can Development Agencies Learn & Help Clients Learn? -- 8 Case Study: Assistance to the Transition Countries -- 9 Hirschmanian Themes of Social Learning & Change -- 10 Conclusions -- Appendix. Eight Thinkers on the Five Themes -- First Do: Starting from Where the Doers Are -- Second Do: Seeing through the Doers' Eyes -- First Don't: Don't Try to Impose Change on Doers -- Second Don't: Don't Give Help as Benevolence -- Third Do: Respect Autonomy of the Doers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.