The Delusion of Knowledge Transfer : The Impact of Foreign Aid Experts on Policy-making in South Africa and Tanzania

With the rise of the 'knowledge for development' paradigm, expert advice has become a prime instrument of foreign aid. At the same time, it has been object of repeated criticism: the chronic failure of 'technical assistance' - a notion under which advice is commonly subsumed - ha...

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Main Author: Koch, Susanne (auth)
Other Authors: Weingart, Peter (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: African Minds 2016
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