Psychology of Aid

<p><em>Psychology of Aid</em> provides an original, psychological approach to development studies, focusing as it does on the social aspects of aid and the motivational foundations. Designed as a practical tool for looking at development projects in a new and structured way, the authors bring many of the social apsects of development and aid together in one book; from the needs of the Northern donor to the public tensions between Third World host and foreign development agencies.</p> 1 An Aid Cycle PART 1 Donors at Home 2 Donor Bias 3 The Aid Chain PART 2 Donors Abroad 4 Leadership, Participation, and Culture 5 Incremental Improvement 6 Expatriate Work Motivation PART 3 Hosts Abroad 7 Who Should Adapt to Whom? 8 Transactional Positioning PART 4 Hosts at Home 9 Intercultural Work Dynamics 10 Tolerance and Development 11 Why Not Pay Me? 12 Minimal Constraint