Der Sammelband untersucht aus der Perspektive des Empfängerlandes Tansania vergleichend die Rolle der Entwicklungshilfeagenturen von China, Schweden und den USA im historischen Längsschnitt. Ungeachtet sehr unterschiedlicher historischer Prämissen, so das Ergebnis, tappten die Agenturen...

Goran Hyden takes a critical look at African development in relation to today's global world. He offers some insights into why Africa has gone backwards rather than forwards. He questions both African governments and the international community and suggests that through a new approach to global...

This paper critically examines key concepts that have been dominant in the internationaldevelopment community in the past twenty years. Starting with an analysis of the state in Africa,it shows how the international donors have ignored many of the underlying conditions that makeit weak and soft....