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Title

The new missionaries : memoirs of a foreign adviser in less- developed countries / Richard D. Mallon.

Author

Mallon, Richard D.

Publication

[Cambridge, Mass.] : Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University ; Distributed by Harvard University Press, c2000.

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Harvard Institute for International Development

Description

xiv, 118 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.

Summary

"This volume looks at the changing face of policy advising from the perspective of the author's forty years of work in and for developing countries. Both a personal memoir and an essay on the nature of the development profession, the book will be of particular interest to those just starting their careers as policy advisers." "The main lesson to be learned, says the author, is that "there is no common formula for solving a country's problems. Each society must come up with its own formula, in which economic policy is only one important variable in a complex equation. We missionaries can best help our counterparts carry out this daunting task by teaching more than preaching, and by insisting that they themselves take full responsibility for their recommendations and actions.""--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Harvard studies in international development

Uniform Title

Harvard studies in international development.

Subject

• Economic assistance > Developing countries
• Developing country specialists
• Developing countries > Economic policy

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. I. Preparation for a Foreign Advisory Career -- Ch. II. Initiation of a Foreign Advisory Career -- Ch. III. The Harvard Development Advisory Service -- Ch. IV. Residence in Argentina -- Ch. V. Revitalization of the Colombia Project -- Ch. VI. Taking Stock -- Ch. VII. New Funders and Agendas -- Ch. VIII. New Rules of the Game -- Ch. IX. Promoting Policy Reform -- Ch. X. Missionaries and Marxists -- Ch. XI. Coming Full Circle.

ISBN

0674003489

LCCN

^^^00040727^

OCLC

44089270

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library