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1. 1. What is Development? : Peruvian local perception on “development” and foreign development aid- a way to a “non-westernized” development?

   University essay from Avd för juridik, ekonomi, statistik och politik

   Author : Vanessa Daurer; [2012]
   Keywords : Post-development; development cooperation; local perspective; NGO; discourse; Peru;

   Abstract : Abstract“Development” is an essentially contested concept within academia and some critics, the so-called post-development school, argue that the concept and practice of development is a world-view monopolizing our imagination. The school of thought promotes alternative ways to think about development but is merely at the theoretical level and lacks taking into account empirical cases. READ MORE