Bottling the Gods, a vivid account of two centuries of life in rural Ghana, demonstrates how commonly held beliefs about globalization and development fail to capture the lived experiences of the global poor. Over his 13 years of working along what he calls "globalization's shoreline," a world region buffeted by the economic, political, and environmental decisions of those living in wealthier places, Carr has concluded that most experts misunderstand what they are trying to fix, and cannot tell if they are fixing it. Bottling the Gods is an eye opening, you-are-there book that compels the reader to question conventional wisdom and redefine what assistance to the developing world really means.
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Bottling the Gods, a vivid account of two centuries of life in rural Ghana, demonstrates how commonly held beliefs about globalization and development fail to capture the lived experiences of the global poor. Over his 13 years of working along what he calls "globalization's shoreline," a world region buffeted by the economic, political, and environmental decisions of those living in wealthier places, Carr has concluded that most experts misunderstand what they are trying to fix, and cannot tell if they are fixing it. Bottling the Gods is an eye opening, you-are-there book that compels the reader to question conventional wisdom and redefine what assistance to the developing world really means.
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"Carr's concern is that development and globalization, as currently pursued, are creating more poverty than they solve, needlessly producing economic and environmental challenges that put everyone on Earth at risk. Confronting this paradoxical outcome head-on, Carr questions the "wisdom" of the traditional development-via-globalization strategy, a sort of connect-the-development-dots, by arguing that in order to connect the dots one must first see the dots. By failing to do so, agencies do not understand what they are connecting and why. This fundamental questioning of Post WWII development strategies, grounded in life along "Globalization's Shoreline," sets his approach to development in the age of globalization apart from much of the contemporary development literature." -- Michael H. Glantz, Director, CCB (Consortium for Capacity Building), INSTAAR, University of Colorado
"Over the fifty years since the end of the colonial era, rich nations have granted Africa billions of dollars in development aid--the equivalent of six Marshall Plans--and yet, today, much of the continent is as desperate as ever for help. In "Delivering Development," Edward Carr delves into the question of why the aid system has failed to deliver on its promises, and offers a provocative thesis: that economic development, at least as international donors define it, is not necessarily equal to advancement. Unlike many combatants in the debate over the causes of global poverty, who jet in and out of these countries and offer the view from 10,000 feet, Carr takes a novel approach to the problem. He examines the aid system as it is actually experienced by poor Africans. "Delivering Development" focuses on a pair of Ghanaian villages, which despite their poverty by statistical measures have nonetheless managed to construct sophisticated systems of agricultural cultivation and risk management. Carr doesn't argue that these places hold the secret to ending poverty. On the contrary, his point is tha
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Bottling the Gods is an eye opening, you-are-there book that compels the reader to question conventional wisdom and redefine what assistance to the developing world really means
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Fabulous, revealing examination of a segment of culture, written by a person who definately walks among his subjects and lives thier life with passion. Mr. Carr has ability and talent to communicate the essence of the cultural anthropology of a population that he not only studies but lives. He retains an objectivity that is difficult when the student becomes intimate with the teacher. Fine job, Dr. Carr.
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Thank you for the only indepth understanding i have been given of the real seminal flavor of Africa.
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Thank you for the only indepth understanding i have been given of the real seminal flavor of Africa.
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