{"product_id":"gandhian-way-copy","title":"The Power of Peer Learning","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn ancient Chinese proverb tells us “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” The same can be said for development assistance. Solutions provided by outside “experts” are often rejected or politely shelved. However, solutions based on the principle of “self-help” are far more likely to take root.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores the self-help, peer learning approach of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), comparing it with that of IDRC. It focuses on the importance of networks to development and growth, and demonstrates that network management is fundamentally different from the management of companies, organizations, or other bodies that fall under a single authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book will be of interest to planners, policymakers, and researchers in the industrialised and developing worlds, and particularly in the new and emerging democracies of Eastern Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author(s) \/ Editor(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJean-H.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGuilmette served as the Director of IDRC’s division for Central and Eastern Europe initiatives from 1995 to 2005. He is former Executive Director of the African Development Bank, Director of the OECD’s Sahel Club, and Director General of the Strategic Planning Unit in the Africa and Middle-East branch of the Canadian International Development Agency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"glossymenu\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"glossymenu\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"glossymenu\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"glossymenu\"\u003eContents in Detail\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"glossymenu\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"submenu\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of Tables and Boxes\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eAcronyms and Abbreviations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. The Conceptual Framework\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 1: Alliances and Cooperation:Emergence\u003cbr\u003e                of a New Post-War Paradigm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.1 Fifteen Hundred Years of War\u003cbr\u003e1.2 Five Characteristics of the New Paradigm\u003cbr\u003e1.3 Overall Impact of the New Paradigm\u003cbr\u003e1.4 Role of Human Rights and Democratic Governance\u003cbr\u003e      in Functioning of OECD Methodologies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 2: From Paradigm Shift to Institutional Activities\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.1 Multilateral Organizations with Universal Membership\u003cbr\u003e2.2 International and Regional Organizations\u003cbr\u003e      with Limited Membership\u003cbr\u003e2.3 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)\u003cbr\u003e2.4 International Policy Regimes and\u003cbr\u003e      Coordinating Institutions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 3: International Development Cooperation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1 The Marshall Plan\u003cbr\u003e3.2 The Colombo Plan\u003cbr\u003e3.3 Official Development Assistance (ODA)\u003cbr\u003e3.4 Aid and the International Projection of Ideas\u003cbr\u003e3.5 Aid Volumes and Impact\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 4: The Cooperation Paradigm and the\u003cbr\u003e                Former Eastern Bloc\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4.1 The ‘Magic’ of the Market\u003cbr\u003e4.2 Reform: A Complex, Multifaceted Process\u003cbr\u003e4.3 Need for New and Relevant Aid Instruments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 5: Relevance of the IDRC and OECD Experience\u003cbr\u003e                to Eastern European Countries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Development and Networks as Instruments for Change\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 1: Experiences in Development\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Lessons Learned from the Japanese Experience\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 2: Era of Cooperative Undertakings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2.1 Informal Networks\u003cbr\u003e2.2 Multinational and Formal Networks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 3: The Case of Former Soviet Countries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 4: Scientific Networks: IDRC Experience\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1: IDRC and Scientific Networks\u003cbr\u003e4.1.1 Background\u003cbr\u003e4.1.2 IDRC’s Legal Foundation\u003cbr\u003e4.1.3 IDRC’s Vision\u003cbr\u003e4.1.4 IDRC’s Methodology\u003cbr\u003e4.1.5 Assessing IDRC Sponsored Networks\u003cbr\u003e4.1.6 Linkage between Research, Networks\u003cbr\u003e        and Policy Setting\u003cbr\u003ePart 2: IDRC and the Dnieper River\u003cbr\u003e4.2.1 Introduction\u003cbr\u003e4.2.2 Learning to Work in Terra Incognita\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 5: Components of the EMDU Program\u003cbr\u003e                and Immediate Results\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5.1 Water Pollution Control\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 6: Effects of the Program on Policy Formulation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6.1 Expanding Policy Capacities\u003cbr\u003e6.2 Program’s Impact\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 7: Moving Toward Regional Networks and\u003cbr\u003e                Management of the GEF Program\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. OECD’s Basic Rules of Conduct—A Sociology\u003cbr\u003e    of its Institutional Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 1: Foundations of the OECD’s Institutional Culture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Historical Background\u003cbr\u003e1.2 OECD’s Basic Rules of Conduct or the Values\u003cbr\u003e      of the Institution\u003cbr\u003e1.3 OECD Structure and Functions\u003cbr\u003e1.4 Economics Department\u003cbr\u003e1.5 OECD’s Basic Rules of Conduct\u003cbr\u003e1.6 OECD’s ‘Etiquette’ or Unwritten Behavioural Principles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 2: A Network Driven by Peer Pressure\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2.1 Peer Pressure\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 3: Consensual Discipline and Dynamic Tension\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.1 Maintaining Balance\u003cbr\u003e3.2 Mechanisms for Softening the Rigours of Consensus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 4: Policy Process, Blending Negotiations and Research\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4.1 Defining a Common Agenda through ‘Preliminary Inquiry’\u003cbr\u003e4.2 Establishing Reliable and Comparable Databases\u003cbr\u003e4.3 Analyzing the Data\u003cbr\u003e4.5 Forecasting\u003cbr\u003e4.6 Recommendations\u003cbr\u003e4.7 Peer Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 5: Supportive Policies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5.1 Personnel Policy\u003cbr\u003e5.2 Role of a ‘Wise Director’\u003cbr\u003e5.3 Publication Policy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 6: Adapting the OECD Methodology to a\u003cbr\u003e                New Cultural Environment\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6.1 Respect for Essential Linkages\u003cbr\u003e6.2 Introduction of New Values\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 7: Summary and Conclusions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. OECD Techniques for Managing the Iterative Policy Process within a Multicultural Environment\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 1: The Policy Process\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 What is a ‘Policy’?\u003cbr\u003e1.2 OECD Influence in National Policy Drafting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 2: Arriving at Policy Consensus within a Cross-Cultural Environment\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2.1 Development and Culture\u003cbr\u003e2.2 The Balance of Social Systems: Weights, Drifts and Counterweights\u003cbr\u003e2.3 Bonthous’ Four Key Dimensions for Gathering Intelligence\u003cbr\u003e2.4 Defining a ‘Story Line’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 3: Managing the Negotiation Process\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.1 Roles Ascribed to Various Actors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 4: Syntax for Key Documents\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4.1 The Annotated Agenda\u003cbr\u003e4.2 The Syntax for Summary Record\u003cbr\u003e4.3 The Syntax of the Communiqué\u003cbr\u003e4.4 The Syntax of Peer Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 5: Organization of Meetings: From Workshops and Seminars to Committees and Plenary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5.1 Expectations and Results\u003cbr\u003e5.2 The Agenda as a Management Tool\u003cbr\u003e5.3 Time Management\u003cbr\u003e5.4 Real Cost of an International Seminar\u003cbr\u003e5.5 Managing Workshop Meetings: Room Set-up\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Why Does it Work?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 1: OECD and Complexity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 The Nature of Complexity\u003cbr\u003e1.2 Complexity, Diversity and Adaptation\u003cbr\u003e1.3 The Creation of OECD: An Injection of Simplicity and Intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 2: Examples of What Works and What Doesn’t\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2.1 OECD and Health: Facing Complexity\u003cbr\u003e2.2 The Bribery Convention, an Unambiguous Success Story\u003cbr\u003e3.3 The Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), A bridge too far…\u003cbr\u003e3.4 The Club du Sahel: A Unique Experiment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection 3: Conclusion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePost Face: This Leaves a Few Haunting Questions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendix: Glossary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eReferences\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"width: 100.707%; height: 81px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 20.25px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 51.5957%; height: 20.25px;\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 48.0496%; height: 20.25px;\"\u003eAF Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 20.25px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 51.5957%; height: 20.25px;\"\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 48.0496%; height: 20.25px;\"\u003e2007\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 20.25px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 51.5957%; height: 20.25px;\"\u003eNumber of Pages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 48.0496%; height: 20.25px;\"\u003e258\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 20.25px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 51.5957%; height: 20.25px;\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 48.0496%; height: 20.25px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e8171886221\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Jean-h Guilmette","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ ENG- English \/ Politics","offer_id":51416013537601,"sku":null,"price":1195.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/9067\/5009\/files\/8171886221-web-305-The-Powe.jpg?v=1771916736","url":"https:\/\/www.academicfoundation.com\/products\/gandhian-way-copy","provider":"Academic Foundation | AF Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}