"The question of why countries give aid and assistance to other countries has long been a topic of debate- is it altruism, or selfishness? The assumption is sometimes made that donors from developing countries might be more motivated by altruism than 'traditional' western donors. This book...

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Categorising learning in development: Towards organisational institutionalism -- chapter 3 Learning as a search for a shared meaning for empowerment -- chapter 4 Learning as a change in organisational epistemology -- chapter 5 Unlearning, forgetting and...

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Development assistance and technical cooperation: a theoretical overview -- chapter 3 International development and technical cooperation: “traditional” donors -- chapter 4 International development and technical cooperation: South-South Cooperation --...

Introduction -- Knowledge for development as an exercise in power -- The knowledge brokering business : NGOs and feminisms in development -- Anatomy of a knowledge broker -- "The language is difficult" : interrogating progressive information production processes -- "Very clearly there is no...

Development aid, governance, and food security -- Methodology, data, and methods -- Cross-country view -- Peru, Ethiopia, India, and Vietnam -- Aid, governance, and food security from the recipients' perspective -- Up close and personal in Uttar Pradesh, India -- Does who gives aid where and how...

1. Exploring the Post-2015 Development Agenda from Southern Perspectives. - I: Overarching Issues of the Post-2015 Agenda . - 2. The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Favourable Enough to Africans? Ibrahima Hathie . - 3. Alternatives for Development or Alternatives to Development? Mireya Anabell...