The delusion of knowledge transfer : the impact of foreign aid experts on policy-making in South Africa and Tanzania

The delusion of knowledge transfer : the impact of foreign aid experts on policy-making in South Africa and Tanzania / Susanne Koch & Peter Weingart.

With the rise of the 'knowledge for development' paradigm, expert advice has become a prime instrument of foreign aid. At the same time, it has been object of repeated criticism: the chronic failure of 'technical assistance' - a notion under which advice is commonly subsumed - ha...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Koch, Susanne (Author), Weingart, Peter (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2017.
Cape Town, South Africa : African Minds, 2016.
Subjects:
Technical assistance > Tanzania > Evaluation.
Technical assistance > South Africa > Evaluation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
Technical assistance > Evaluation
South Africa
Tanzania
Online Access:Click for online access
Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Perpetuating dependence : expert advice as tool of foreign aid
  • 1. Knowledge transfer to young democracies : issues of legitimacy, sovereignty, and efficacy
  • 2. Accessing the world of development aid : study design and fieldwork
  • 3. South Africa and Tanzania : two different types of 'donor darlings'
  • 4. Multiple actors, colliding interests : the main players of the aid game
  • 5. Intricacies of expert advice in the aid context
  • 6. Retaining autonomy of agenda-setting in dealing with advice : structural conditions
  • 7. The impact of expert advice on policy-making in young democracies : sector studies
  • 8. There is no substitute for local knowledge : summary and conclusion.

Similar Items