Foreign Experts and Unsustainable Development

by Schwartz, Moshe; Hare, A. Paul

• ISBN13: 9780754612827
• ISBN10: 0754612821
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd

Summary

Using in-depth case studies from Nigeria, Nepal and Zambia, this book examines Israeli-assisted agricultural development projects and addresses the key issues and problems involved with such collaborative projects, where foreign experts introduce new technologies to less developed countries' rural communities.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
Preface	ix
Part One: Israeli Agricultural Assistance in the Third World
Israeli Assistance to Agricultural Settlement Projects in the Third World, 1957--1973	3	(26)
Moshe Schwartz
Part Two: The Israeli Moshav: History, Structure, and Transformation
The Moshav Settlement Experience Before the Mid-eighties: Historical Highlights	29	(16)
Moshe Schwartz
The Transformations of Israel's Moshavim, 1986--1995	45	(20)
Moshe Schwartz
Part Three: The Settlements
Agricultural Settlements in Zambia (Kafubu and Kafulafuta): The Israeli Presence (1966--1973) and its Aftermath	65	(44)
Moshe Schwartz
Ohaji Farm Settlement: A Flash in the Pan	109	(20)
Eugene Nwana
The Beginnings of Israeli Resettlement Assistance to Nepal, 1960--1965: Planning Non-Moshavim	129	(22)
Moshe Schwartz
Part Four: Comparison
Agricultural Settlement Projects in Zambia, Nigeria and Nepal: A Comparison	151	(28)
Moshe Schwartz
Appendix: Interviews with Settlers in Zambia, Nigeria, and Nepal	179	(14)
A. Paul Hare
Bibliography	193	(10)
Author Index	203	(2)
Subject Index	205