Equity, Evaluation, and International Cooperation - In Pursuit of Proximate Peers in an African City

Equity, Evaluation, and International Cooperation provides a grounded analysis of the production of international development cooperation in urban infrastructure projects, with a critical eye toward whether South-South cooperation provides any particular value as a form of development partnership.

Sommario

• Introduction: From Rhetoric to Verdict on South-South Cooperation


• 1: Hierarchies in the South


• 2: 'We don't refuse money': The Crowding-in of International Footprints


• 3: Anything but Basic: Navigating Turbidity in Water and Sanitation Cooperation


• 4: Looking for Learning in Cooperation Projects


• 5: Recognizing Potentials: Moving from Mentorship to Proximate Peers


• 6: The Governmentality of Evaluation


• Conclusion: Anticipating Proximate Peer Partnerships

Info autore

Gabriella Y. Carolini is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning and International Development in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she also leads the City Infrastructure Equity Lab. Her teaching and research focus on equity in the governance of infrastructure development across cities in the Americas and Africa. Her work has been published in several leading journals, including the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Urban Studies, Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, Journal of the American Planning Association, The Lancet, and the American Journal of Public Health, among others.

Riassunto

Equity, Evaluation, and International Cooperation provides a grounded analysis of the production of international development cooperation in urban infrastructure projects, with a critical eye toward whether South-South cooperation provides any particular value as a form of development partnership.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gabriella Carolini, Gabriella Y. Carolini, Gabriella Y. (Associate Professor of Urb Carolini
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9780192865489
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286548-9
• Pagine: 232
• Serie: Critical Frontiers Of Theory, Research, And Policy In International Development Studies
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Mozambique, International Economics, Political Economy, urban economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, International Trade, International trade and commerce, Regional / urban economics