Obsessive Measurement Disorder or Pragmatic Bureaucracy?

Coping With Uncertainty in Development Aid Relations

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Prelims

Pages i-vii

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Coping With Uncertainty in Development Aid Relations

Pages 1-11

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Complexities, Uncertainties, and Responses

Pages 13-30

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Recipients Are Responsible Donors Too: On Plural Actorhood and Role-Switching

Pages 31-46

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Practices of Approximation: Simplifying the Complex and Controlling the Future

Pages 47-63

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In Proper Organization We Trust: On Extrapolation From Proper Organization Proxies

Pages 65-88

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Certainty for Sale?: A Historic Exposé on the Role of External Experts in Development Aid 1960s–2020s

Pages 89-116

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Citation: Alexius, S. and Vähämäki, J. (2024), "Certainty for Sale?: A Historic Exposé on the Role of External Experts in Development Aid 1960s–2020s", Obsessive Measurement Disorder or Pragmatic Bureaucracy?, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 89-116. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-374-220241006

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Multivocal Brokering: Translating and Decoupling for Results

Pages 117-136

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Pragmatic Bureaucracy: An Antidote to Obsessive Measurement Disorder?

Pages 137-167

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References

Pages 169-190

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Appendix 1: Methods and Material and Reflections on the Research Process

Pages 191-199

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Appendix 2: Summary: Conditions and Factors to Consider

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DOI

10.1108/9781801173742

Publication date

2024-02-29

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978-1-80117-377-3

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978-1-80117-374-2

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