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Good Intentions: The Dilemma of Outside-in Help for Inside-out Change

December 7, 2012 by admin

This article in the Non-Profit Quarterly applies some of the key lessons from development philosophy (in my Helping book) to the community development work of foundations.

Click here to download the paper.

Filed Under: Development Tagged With: Development aid, helping people help themselves

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