Over the past 50 years, billions of dollars and working days have been expended on the -development- of countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific. The alleviation of poverty is the primary concern of many -- though not all -- organizations working in the development sector. Some, notably the international financial institutions, have focused primarily on promoting economic growth at the macro-level, in the belief that increases in wealth at the national level will eventually -trickle down- to alleviate poverty throughout entire populations. In this view, grassroots poverty...
Over the past 50 years, billions of dollars and working days have been expended on the -development- of countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and ...
