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Author Mayville, Avideh Kobra, author.

Title The transformation of capacity in international development : Afghanistan and Pakistan (1977-2017) / Avideh K. Mayville
Published London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Anthem Press, 2020

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Summary "The Transformation of Capacity in International Development" exposes the transformation of capacity within the development discourse through a discursive analysis of USAID projects in Afghanistan and Pakistan between 1977 and 2017. Capacity development has emerged as a pervasive component and objective of aid, in spite of being ill-defined by donors. USAID is a significant actor with an unrivaled role in the production of projects, providing a unique institutional vantage point from which to realize relationships and networks of aid production. As development agendas increasingly call for human rights approaches to development and the foreign policies of donor states sound alarms over global security threats, capacity development has emerged as the solution to the complex problem of development. Through this examination of USAID's attempts to build capacity in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the book exposes how Western notions of progress, constructed by institutions, government officials, scholars and private sector actors, are obscured by the transformation of capacity. As agendas are translated into projects, they perpetuate historical relationships of global inequality that have corrupted and compete with Indigenous models of governance. "The Transformation of Capacity in International Development" has implications for those considering the future of human rights-based approaches to development, the international management of global security threats and the sustainability of donor investments
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes On-line resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 03, 2019)
Subject USAID/Afghanistan.
USAID/Pakistan.
United States. Agency for International Development -- Evaluation
SUBJECT United States. Agency for International Development fast
USAID/Afghanistan fast
USAID/Pakistan fast
Subject Economic development projects -- Afghanistan -- Evaluation
Economic development projects -- Pakistan -- Evaluation
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Developing & Emerging Countries.
Economic development projects -- Evaluation
Evaluation
International economic relations
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign economic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140052
Subject Afghanistan
Pakistan
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781785271564
1785271563
1785271571
9781785271571