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| Introduction: The Great Paradox of Development Assistance | 1 | |
| Story 1 | Romance | 11 |
| Story 2 | Illusion | 19 |
| Ch. 1 | The Developing World and Its Condition | 23 |
| Story 3 | A Straw in the Wind | 31 |
| Story 4 | Being Useful or Being Used | 37 |
| Ch. 2 | The evolution of the Idea of Development | 48 |
| Story 5 | Warm Bodies | 75 |
| Story 6 | Sliding toward Dependency | 90 |
| Ch. 3 | Development Assistance as an Industry (the "Dev Biz") | 98 |
| Story 7 | Dedication | 111 |
| Story 8 | Trying Simply to Help | 124 |
| Ch. 4 | Avoiding History | 128 |
| Story 9 | The Helper and the Helped | 135 |
| Story 10 | Confusing Stakes | 143 |
| Ch. 5 | The Consequences of Avoiding Certain Universals of Human Nature | 152 |
| Story 11 | Spare No Expense - the Very Best | 164 |
| Story 12 | For the People, By the People | 175 |
| Ch. 6 | The Mismatch of Organizational Imperatives and Money | 180 |
| Story 13 | Position, Not Condition | 197 |
| Story 14 | Headless Chickens | 215 |
| Ch. 7 | The Professionalization of Development | 226 |
| Story 15 | Too Many Cooks | 239 |
| Story 16 | Rhetorical Support | 246 |
| Ch. 8 | Marketing Development | 257 |
| Story 17 | Unintended Consequences | 271 |
| Story 18 | The People's Program | 281 |
| Conclusion: The Case for a Radical Reduction in Development Assistance | 286 | |
| Epilogue | 295 | |
| Bibliography | 297 | |
| Index | 301 |
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Ashley Levine
reviewed Despite Good Intentions: Why Development Assistance to the Third World Has Failed on March 24, 2008
Despite Good Intentions
A fascinating account of the author's experience in development work - from PCV to PC Country Director to USAID and the World Bank. A must read for those of us working in this field who actually care about what we may or may not be achieving.
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