The Last 10 Per Cent
Why the World Needs a Leaner, More Innovative and Pragmatic Development Sector, Today
- 198 pages
- English
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The Last 10 Per Cent
Why the World Needs a Leaner, More Innovative and Pragmatic Development Sector, Today
About this book
Criticism that the development sector has not delivered in terms of eliminating extreme poverty, fast-tracking growth and preventing conflict, is neither new nor surprising. In fact, it may be the one thing that scholars, donors and practitioners agree on. While many of these concerns are valid, this book makes a case that the sector is closer to unlocking the gates to more effective and efficient development outcomes than is popularly believed. Specifically, it argues that by overturning a few myths, making better use of evidence and employing some different rules, practitioners, policy specialists and donors can foster the changes in the development architecture that are needed to reach the 10 percent of the world's population still living in extreme poverty.
Engaging, provocative and clear sighted, the book provides insight into interventions around democratic governance, refugee response, counterterrorism, gender mainstreaming, environmental protection and private sector engagement. It is instructive reading for professionals across the development sector, think tanks and NGOs.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Endorsement Page
- Half Title page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Is a little bit of sunlight the disinfectant the aid sector needs?
- 1 How the West got rich, and other curious questions around human development
- 2 Broken, by design
- 3 Towards the aid sector we need
- 4 The Samaritan dilemma: Promoting good governance in fragile and poverty-affected states
- 5 Innovating humanitarian response
- 6 Exploiting the sweet spots
- 7 Playing politics to win
- 8 Development beyond the development sector
- 9 Charting a pathway towards enhanced aid effectiveness
- Index