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1 online resource |
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Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Part I: Led by the Heart; Doing without Understanding; One -- Focusing on Education and Nutrition; Two -- Funding a Water Buffalo; Three -- The Compass Swings, The Lessons Continue; Four -- A Negotiated Agreement; Part II: From the Field to the Classroom and Back again; Five -- Humanitarian Aid and Conflict-An Oxymoron no More; Six -- Searching for Answers; Seven -- Returning to the Field-As an Observer; Eight -- Findings and Discoveries; Part III: Lessons Learned, Lessons Shared |
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Nine -- Sustainability-To know it is to Love itTen -- Relationship Building; Eleven -- Negotiation; Twelve -- Project Management-A Road Map to Success; Thirteen -- Hope for a Sustainable Future; Epilogue; Appendix: Research Projects; References; Index |
| Summary |
If I Had a Water Buffalo poignantly explores the critical difference in outcomes when offering a hand up rather than giving a handout. A seemingly simple request for a water buffalo by an impoverished rice farmer proves to be the catalyst for Dr. Fitzgerald global and unending journey in search of a better way to meet the needs of people less fortunate. Woven with both triumph and tragedies, encompassing undertakings in Indonesia, Eastern Europe, South America, and Bangladesh; If I Had a Water Buffalo artfully lays out why the approach to helping those in need must incorporate the personal empowerment of the beneficiaries over charity often creating harmful dependency |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General |
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Economics |
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Economics.
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Economics
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economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General.
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Economics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781614485292 |
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1614485291 |
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