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The Art of Reception: Field Visits as Microcosms for Development Interventions of Non‐Governmental Organisations in Uganda

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
wiley   +1 more source

From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
wiley   +1 more source

Where Projects Fail: Geospatial Evidence of Delays and Cancellations in Chinese Development Finance

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Delays and cancellations can severely undermine the effectiveness of development finance. Yet, little systematic evidence exists on where and why these disruptions occur within the rapidly expanding portfolio of Chinese‐financed development projects in Africa.
Leoni Mendler‐Krakau
wiley   +1 more source

When Does Top Management Team Diversity Matter in Large Organizations?

open access: yesJournal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Top management teams (TMTs) drive strategic leadership, but there is little clarity on when the composition of these upper echelons most impacts organization performance. Drawing from the categorization‐elaboration model, we study an 18‐year sample of approximately 4500 organizations and over 32 000 executives and find a positive relationship ...
Frances Fabian   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tariff policy and why economics needs intergroup psychology. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Pearson SG, Hornsey MJ, Haslam SA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Humanism in the Age of Hyperreality: A Speculative Critique of AI Therapybots and the Neoliberal Commodification of Human Beings

open access: yesThe Journal of Humanistic Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the future place of humanistic counseling, assuming the successful mass deployment of artificial intelligence therapy chatbots (AITCs). We systematically identify the limitations of AITCs through the lens of Jean Baudrillard's view on simulacra and hyperreality and identify five collective psychosocial consequences of ...
Brett. D. Wilkinson, Andrew M. Brown
wiley   +1 more source

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