TPB thinking circa 2003
FIXING FAILED DEVELOPMENT
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Fixing Failed Development
TPB note: In the 1980s and 1990s I did many assignments associated with international development assistance and humanitarian relief. Compared to my previous experience in corporate management, the lack of progress and lack of effective management was striking. This graphic series sets out some of the elements of my concern
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Incredible Recent Progress
For thousands of years, there was relatively little progress but in recent times there has been amazing technological progress. and this progress is accelerating. In spite of this progress in technology, the progress for society has been much less, and for some societies, very little progress at all.
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Interaction between NORTH and SOUTH
Since independence, most countries have received the bulk of international assistance through their government. Organizations like the World Bank, the United Nations and bilateral aid agencies are all part of a system that is dominated by government and the associated constraints.
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A Better Interaction between NORTH and SOUTH
A better way to get development assistance should be through the private sector ... but this is not always the case. The private sector of extracting profit from alll economic activity can be as damaging as the inefficiency of government.
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