Career ambitions and local expertise: understanding involvments in a development world
Language
en
Communication dans un congrès
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2013-06-27, Lisbonne.
English Abstract
The involvement of local experts in development projects is an issue that has been raised by focusing on the role played by organizational, bureaucratic and political dynamics that give consistency to the daily work of ...Read more >
The involvement of local experts in development projects is an issue that has been raised by focusing on the role played by organizational, bureaucratic and political dynamics that give consistency to the daily work of such experts. This paper aims to show how these different modes of involvment are intertwined and shape local expertise. It focuses on careers of local experts and shows how local expertise gets standardized. More specifically, to understand this standardization, it pays attention on the role played by professional aspirations for development world and finally shows how these aspirations may limite critical involvment.Read less <
Keywords
Sida
Aide internationale
Développement
Expertise locale
Experts
Carrières
Bénin
Afrique
English Keywords
AIDS
International aid
Development
Local expertise
Careers
Africa
Origin
Hal importedCollections