Cultivating development :

Mosse, David.

Cultivating development : an ethnography of aid policy and practice / David Mosse. - London ; Ann Arbor, MI : New Delhi : Pluto Press ; Vistaar Publications, 2005. - xvii, 315 p. : maps ; 23 cm. - Anthropology, culture, and society .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-305) and index.

Introduction : the ethnography of policy and practice -- Framing a participatory development project -- Tribal livelihoods and the development frontier -- The goddess and the PRA : local knowledge and planning -- Implementation : regime and relationships -- Consultant knowledge -- The social production of development success -- Aid policy and project failure -- Aspirations for development -- Conclusions and implications.

0745317995 (hbk) 0745317987 (pbk)

2004004512

HN49.C6 / M67 2005

307.1/412