The Power of Greed recommends a shift away from the moralistic way we often go about doing international development. It says we can be too focused on our own ambitions for others and too unaware of what they’re up to on their own behalf. It argues that the desperate and greedy behaviours of the poor and their oppressors are not the enemies of international development, but its potential allies. It also says we ought to resist taking sides in defence of the poor. Productive alliances between oppressed and oppressor are possible if the conditions are right. Furthermore, it says that we need to tie national institutional and economic strengthening measures to the creation of sustainable interest groups at the grassroots. Only they could be in a position to prevent greed and corruption at the top in a sustainable way. For these reasons, The Power of Greed tries to get us to focus on doing more about the opportunity structure in the developing world and, for the rest, to rely on the opportunism of the population.
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Table of Contents
- The Power of Greed 1
- Collective Action in International Development 3
- Contents 7
- Figures 9
- Acknowledgements 11
- Abbreviations 15
- Introduction 17
- Morality is Blinding Us 39
- Decision-Making and Responsibility 69
- The Emergence of Expediency in the Caribbean Region 91
- Clientelism Versus Moral Community Development 125
- Structural Theories and Related Strategies 149
- The Development Potential of Process Theories 171
- Greed Can Dismantle Clientelism 191
- The Development Project as a Creative Response to Greed 223
- Five Scenarios of Demand-Led Projects 239
- Urban Male Adolescents 257
- Other Services 257
- Donor 257
- Credit Union 257
- Police 257
- Conclusion 271
- Notes 293
- Bibliography 315
- Index 325
