- Paperback: 316 pages
- Publisher: Harvard University Press (18 Sep 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0674068610
- ISBN-13: 978-0674068612
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.3 x 2.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,417,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Cole and Huntington describe the rise and fall of a 'new directions' development project funded by USAID and implemented by the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) among the Ngok Dinka ethnic group in the community of Abeyi, southern Sudan, from mid-1977 through mid-1981...This forthright account contrasting development rhetoric with the reality of a complex USAID project carried out in a remote and difficult environment will be of great interest to applied social scientists and development practitioners. A reflective afterword is presented by Francis Deng, a Dinka from Abeyi who is both an anthropologist and a UN official.--D. M. Warren "Choice "
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In a remote area of Sudan, the Abyei project embodied the idealistic hopes of the new directions for development aid of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Within this optimistic context, Harvard Institute for International Development was invited to assist the leaders of the Ngok Dinka people in developing their homeland. The goal was to discover and implement innovations that would benefit the local population in a sustainable manner. This text traces the project's evolution and analyzes its successes and failures as the region slipped toward civil disorder and inter-ethnic violence. The authors also document the continued relevance of the development principles that animated this effort including strong participation by the intended beneficiaries which are still important for achieving economic growth in rural Africa.
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