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Far-fetched facts : a parable of development aid /

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This is a fictionalized ethnographic study of development aid in sub-Saharan Africa that focuses on technologies of inscription in the interactions of development banks, international experts and local managers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rottenburg, Richard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Series:Inside technology
Subjects:
Economic assistance > Developing countries.
Social change > Developing countries.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
ECONOMICS/Trade & Development
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This is a fictionalized ethnographic study of development aid in sub-Saharan Africa that focuses on technologies of inscription in the interactions of development banks, international experts and local managers.
Item Description:Translated from the German.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxvii, 235 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN:9780262255035
0262255030
0262182645
9780262182645
1282240609
9781282240605
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262182645.001.0001