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Reclaiming Value in International Development: The Moral Dimensions of Development Policy and Practice in Poor Countries
Chloe Schwenke
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Paperback. Reclaiming Value in International Development is the first work to bridge the theoretical and practical divide between ethics and development from the perspective of a veteran development practitioner who is also a trained ethicist. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
International development has complex unintended effects on the realities of equity, rights, governance, and conflict in poor countries. Yet the myriad moral questions and quandaries encountered at every turn by development policymakers and practitioners are seldom thought about or articulated in a rigorous fashion. Instead, development specialists are trained to focus on the technocratic aspects of economic aid delivery and to disregard the moral issues raised by the adverse collateral consequences of aid programs for many people, communities, institutions, and environments in the developing countries. Reclaiming Value in International Development is the first book to bridge the divide between ethics ... Read more
International development has complex unintended effects on the realities of equity, rights, governance, and conflict in poor countries. Yet the myriad moral questions and quandaries encountered at every turn by development policymakers and practitioners are seldom thought about or articulated in a rigorous fashion. Instead, development specialists are trained to focus on the technocratic aspects of economic aid delivery and to disregard the moral issues raised by the adverse collateral consequences of aid programs for many people, communities, institutions, and environments in the developing countries. Reclaiming Value in International Development is the first book to bridge the divide between ethics ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780313363344
SKU
V9780313363344
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About Chloe Schwenke
Chloe Schwenke is a Senior Associate at Creative Associates International and an Adjunct Professor of Applied Ethics at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, at the Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University, and at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland. She has advised the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, United Nations Development Program, US Agency for ... Read more
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Schwenke (applied ethics, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins U.), brings her training as a development practitioner and trained ethicist to the topic of morals as they relate to development issues in poor countries. Many of the anecdotes and experiences referred to in the book are placed in Uganda, where the author taught for a year. Nine key international ... Read more