This is a fictionalized ethnographic study of development aid in sub-Saharan Africa that focuses on technologies of inscription in the interactions of development banks, international experts and local managers.
"This book critiques what the author sees as a growing global cult of information through three case studies examining Indian anti-poverty initiatives"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
An examination of emerging information infrastructures that are intended to increase accountability and effectiveness in partnerships for development aid.In Monitoring Movements in Development Aid, Casper Jensen and Brit Winthereik consider the processes, social practices, and infrastructures that are emerging to monitor development aid, discussing both empirical phenomena and their methodologi…
Translated from the German.This is a fictionalized ethnographic study of development aid in sub-Saharan Africa that focuses on technologies of inscription in the interactions of development banks, international experts and local managers.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.