TY - JOUR
KW - rural development
KW - international development
KW - ethics
KW - veterinary medicine
KW - small proportion
KW - unintended consequence
AU - George H. Axinn
AB - This paper presents some of the basic trends, issues, and questions regarding the last four decades of international development cooperation in agriculture. The impact of technical cooperation tends to account for only a small proportion of change; the bulk of the variance being caused by internal, rather than external, forces and events. The paper reviews both multilateral and bilateral technical cooperation, and then illustrates with the case of U.S. universities in international technical cooperation. It goes on to question the difference between "development" and "merely change," and asks who are the real beneficiaries? Finally, the paper suggests the following factors affecting continuity and change as forces to be analysed with respect to any attempt at technical cooperation: biological, physical, cultural, social, economic, administrative, political, and diplomatic. The world experience of the past four decades confirms that without consideration of such a human ecology of continuity and change, well-meaning interventions in international technical cooperation are likely to have unintended consequences for both "donors" and "recipients."
AN - AFH-1-01
BT - Agriculture and Human Values
C1 - Agric Hum Values
C6 - 0889-048X; 1572-8366
DA - 12/1988
DB - link.springer.com
DO - 10.1007/BF02217172
IS - 1-2
LA - English
N1 - This article from Agriculture and Human Values, 5 (1-2) listed independently.
N2 - This paper presents some of the basic trends, issues, and questions regarding the last four decades of international development cooperation in agriculture. The impact of technical cooperation tends to account for only a small proportion of change; the bulk of the variance being caused by internal, rather than external, forces and events. The paper reviews both multilateral and bilateral technical cooperation, and then illustrates with the case of U.S. universities in international technical cooperation. It goes on to question the difference between "development" and "merely change," and asks who are the real beneficiaries? Finally, the paper suggests the following factors affecting continuity and change as forces to be analysed with respect to any attempt at technical cooperation: biological, physical, cultural, social, economic, administrative, political, and diplomatic. The world experience of the past four decades confirms that without consideration of such a human ecology of continuity and change, well-meaning interventions in international technical cooperation are likely to have unintended consequences for both "donors" and "recipients."
PY - 1988
SP - 6
EP - 15
ST - International technical interventions in agriculture and rural development
T2 - Agriculture and Human Values
TI - International technical interventions in agriculture and rural development: Some basic trends, issues, and questions
UR - http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02217172
VL - 5
ER -