25. The Project Approach in Development Assistance
(Letter to the Editor) Development Forum, Vol .20, No.5, Sept. – Oct. 1992. Dear Editor, I have been following your coverage of the ongoing efforts by aid organizations to make…
24. Positive Deviance in Child Nutrition: a Critique
Positive deviance in context. Positive Deviance: The difference between coping and adapting Positive Deviance in situations of failure to thrive as opposed to situations of hunger and malnutrition Positive Deviance…
23. Egos/Alter Egos of the Main Actors in Development Projects (or Why Projects do not Work).
Why projects don’t work The “expert” The consultancy’s management The donor agency officer The civil servant …Anyone wants to add a profile for the NGO worker…? P.S. Public Admin.
22. Looking Beyond the Doable: Resolutions for a New Development Decade
Eur. J. of Polit. Econ, Vol.5, 1989. CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN schuftan@gmail.com “The 90s” are one of those arbitrary time-locks we in development work like to use to make new resolutions to…
21. Development Nemesis: The era of empowerment
Part One: Development and today’s reality Part Two: The actors and the future of development – The era of empowerment Epilogue Biographical note Published as “Beyond Maldevelopment Praxis in Africa”,…
20. The Child Survival Revolution: A Critique – or Health Still Only for Some by the Year 2000?
Abstract Background The key questions Do people really have choices? A critical look at GOBI and the Child Survival Revolution The efficacy of GOBI The implementation of GOBI References Family…
19. Activism to Face World Hunger: Exploring New Needed Commitments
The problem(s) of hunger and its (their) solutions Looking at ourselves and the other actors in the battle against hunger and malnutrition. (individuals, institutions and social groups) Organizing ourselves and…
18. Commentary – The Markets of Hunger: Questioning Food Aid (Non-Emergency/Long-Term)
Introduction The politics of food aid: in the donor countries – in the recipient countries Not just any kind of aid Concluding remarks References Ecol. Of Food and Nutrition, Vol.23,…
17. The Political Economy of Ill Health and Malnutrition
The situation: The macro and micro levels. The actors : institutions, social groups and individuals The methods and solutions Epilogue References CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN schuftan@gmail.com When focusing on the political economy…
16. Rosalia, a development poem
ORLANDO LEON (Venezuelan) Translated by C. S. Rosalia Sanchez has 7 children, 12 diseases, 3 abortions and a shanty and garbage for a sociologist’s fruition. Rosalia is 27 years, 100…