Mosse, David.

Cultivating development : an ethnography of aid policy and practice / David Mosse. - New York, N.Y. : Pluto Press, 2005. - xvii, 315 p. : maps ; - (Anthropology, culture, and society). .

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Introduction : the ethnography of policy and practice -- Framing a participatory development project -- Tribal livelihoods and the development frontier -- The goddess and the PRA : local knowledge and planning -- Implementation : regime and relationships -- Consultant knowledge -- The social production of development success -- Aid policy and project failure -- Aspirations for development -- Conclusions and implications.

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Rural development--Sociological aspects.
Economic development--Sociological aspects.
Economic assistance--Social aspects.
Economic assistance--Political aspects.
Rural development projects--India--Case studies.
Economic assistance, British--India--Case studies.

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