New Markets for Local Experts in Africa?
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In the past decades the involvement of local experts in the planning and evaluation of development projects has steadily increased. Ownership of development planning is propagated as major aim of bilateral and international development co-operation. Yet, the quality and performance of many local experts is still open to question, last but not least, because they share the same technocratic bias as lots of their Western counterparts, notably concerning pro-poor development policies, empowerment and technology transfer. An unreserved replacement of expatriates by local experts, or the replacement of technical assistance by unconditioned budget aid would be counter-productive with respect to poverty-oriented development policies.Download Info
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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 5620.Length:
Date of creation: 1995
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Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:5620
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Keywords: consultancy; aid; technical cooperation; capacity building; Africa; indigenous knowledge;Other versions of this item:
- Kohnert, Dirk, 1995. "New Markets for Local Experts in Africa?," MPRA Paper 5661, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- N87 - Economic History - - Micro-Business History - - - Africa; Oceania
- N37 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Africa; Oceania
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
- H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search, Learning, and Information
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Social and Economic Stratification
- F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid
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