Management by Seclusion

Management by Seclusion
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9781789201321
ISBN-13 : 1789201322
Rating : 4/5 (322 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Management by Seclusion by : Glynn Cochrane

Download or read book Management by Seclusion written by Glynn Cochrane and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 years ago, World Bank President Robert McNamara promised to end poverty. Alleviation was to rely on economic growth, resulting in higher incomes stimulated by Bank loans processed by deskbound Washington staff, trickling down to the poorest. Instead, child poverty and homelessness are on the increase everywhere. In this book, anthropologist and former World Bank Advisor Glynn Cochrane argues that instead of Washington’s “management by seclusion,” poverty alleviation requires personal engagement with the poorest by helpers with hands-on local and cultural skills. Here, the author argues, the insights provided by anthropological fieldwork have a crucial role to play.


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