Popular representations of development need to be taken seriously (though not uncritically) as sources of authoritative knowledge, not least because they are how most people in the global north (and elsewhere) encounter development issues. To this end, this paper presents three clusters of films...

Popular representations of development need to be taken seriously (though not uncritically) as sources of authoritative knowledge, not least because this is how most people in the global North (and elsewhere) ‘encounter’ development issues. To this end, and building on the broader agenda...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1 GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF INTERNATIONAL AID -- 2 GOOD GOVERNANCE AS TECHNOLOGY: TOWARDS AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS -- 3 TIMING, SCALE AND STYLE: CAPACITY AS GOVERNMENTALITY IN TANZANIA -- 4 THE GENEALOGY OF THE 'GOOD...

This paper (i) explains the motivation for articulating the benefits of accessibility; (ii) provides a narrative basis for articulating how accessibility affects economic and social life; and (iii) moves a framework for quantifying the benefits of accessibility. In examining laws, regulations and...