Context-Sensitive Development : : How International NGOs Operate in Myanmar /

Context-Sensitive Development : : How International NGOs Operate in Myanmar / / Anthony Ware.

Focusing on Myanmar, with its perfect storm of extreme poverty, international sanctions, and egregious political repression, Anthony Ware shows how context sensitivity can help development organizations to better meet the needs of their client populations. Ware points out that, while practitioners h...

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Ware, Anthony ,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2012]
Kumarian Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (286 p.)
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Tables and Figures --   |t Abbreviations --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t Preface --   |t Prologue: Burma or Myanmar? A Note on Names and Political Orientation --   |t Part 1 The Problem and Theory --   |t Part 2 Myanmar: A Historically Informed Analysis of Context --   |t Part 3 Context-Sensitivity in INGO Development Practice --   |t Afterword --   |t Glossary of Myanmar Terms --   |t List of Interview Participants --   |t References --   |t Index 
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