Contesting development : participatory projects and local conflict dynamics in Indonesia / Patrick Barron, Rachael Diprose, Michael Woolcock.
This pathbreaking book grapples with an established reality: well-intentioned international development programs often generate local conflict, some of which escalates to violence. To understand how such conflicts can be managed peacefully, the authors have undertaken a comprehensive mixed-methods a...
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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New Haven [Conn.] :
Yale University Press,
[2011]
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Series: | Yale agrarian studies.
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Summary: | This pathbreaking book grapples with an established reality: well-intentioned international development programs often generate local conflict, some of which escalates to violence. To understand how such conflicts can be managed peacefully, the authors have undertaken a comprehensive mixed-methods analysis of one of the world's largest participatory development projects, the highly successful Kecamatan Development Program (KDP), which was launched by the World Bank and the Indonesian government in the late 1990s and now operates in every district across Indonesia. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 358 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780300168488 0300168489 |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |