International Development in Practice

ANDREA B. RUGH Adjunct Scholar at the Middle East Institute, USA.

• Issues in Development Meeting the Challenges of Education Assistance  The Egypt Case: USAID Support for Primary Education (1979-1990)  The Pakistan Case: USAID Support for Primary Education (1987-1994)  The Afghanistan Case: UNICEF and its Partners' Support for Primary Education (1998-2002)  Conclusions and Commentary  Study Notes

"This book does exactly what it promises to do: bring to life the practice of development. Scrupulously neutral, in writing devoid of ideological a priori assertions and theoretical hang-ups, Andrea Rugh carefully analyzes three major aid programs in which she herself was involved in the last three decades and lets the facts speak for themselves. In so doing, she manages to convey both development aid s promises and its shortcomings, its creativity and blinders, its failures and successes."- Peter Uvin, Henry J. Leir Professor of International Humanitarian Studies, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University