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publishes aid statistics under a number of general headings, one of
which is ‘Social and administrative infrastructure’. This comprises a
number of more particular sub-categories: education, health, water
supply and sanitation, government and civil society, other social
infrastructure. Similarly, the general category ‘Production’ includes
agriculture, industry/mining, trade/tourism. In deciding where to
place the emphases in your essay (again depending on the wording of
the topic and the word limit) you may wish to cover all or most of the
general categories, illustrating each with one sector such as education
and agriculture, or you may choose to focus on ‘Production’ and analyse all three of the sub-categories in detail. Striking a balance between
extending an answer and elaborating and enhancing the parts of it
is one of the arts of writing. In creating any work of art, we cannot
make final judgements about the parts until we have developed some
sense of the whole. This is why everything in your middle (as well as
your introduction) must be regarded as a provisional draft until you
have finished this part of the essay.
3.4
A note on the use of sources
The sources used above are the following:
Black, J. K. (1999) Development in Theory and Practice, 2nd edn.
Oxford: Westview Press.
Besley, T. and Cord, L. J. (eds.) (2007) Delivering on the Promise
of Pro-Poor Growth: Insights and Lessons from Country Experiences.
Basingstoke, Hants: Palgrave Macmillan/World Bank.
Brinkerhoff, D. W. (1991) Improving Development Program Performance: Guidelines for Managers. Boulder, CO, and London: Lynne
Rienner Publishers.
Dichter, T. W. (2003) Despite Good Intentions: Why Development Assistance in the Third World Has Failed. Boston, MA: University of Massachusetts Press.
Harrison, P. (1980) The Third World Tomorrow. Harmondsworth:
Penguin.
publishes aid statistics under a number of general headings, one of
which is ‘Social and administrative infrastructure’. This comprises a
number of more particular sub-categories: education, health, water
supply and sanitation, government and civil society, other social
infrastructure. Similarly, the general category ‘Production’ includes
agriculture, industry/mining, trade/tourism. In deciding where to
place the emphases in your essay (again depending on the wording of
the topic and the word limit) you may wish to cover all or most of the
general categories, illustrating each with one sector such as education
and agriculture, or you may choose to focus on ‘Production’ and analyse all three of the sub-categories in detail. Striking a balance between
extending an answer and elaborating and enhancing the parts of it
is one of the arts of writing. In creating any work of art, we cannot
make final judgements about the parts until we have developed some
sense of the whole. This is why everything in your middle (as well as
your introduction) must be regarded as a provisional draft until you
have finished this part of the essay.
3.4
A note on the use of sources
The sources used above are the following:
Black, J. K. (1999) Development in Theory and Practice, 2nd edn.
Oxford: Westview Press.
Besley, T. and Cord, L. J. (eds.) (2007) Delivering on the Promise
of Pro-Poor Growth: Insights and Lessons from Country Experiences.
Basingstoke, Hants: Palgrave Macmillan/World Bank.
Brinkerhoff, D. W. (1991) Improving Development Program Performance: Guidelines for Managers. Boulder, CO, and London: Lynne
Rienner Publishers.
Dichter, T. W. (2003) Despite Good Intentions: Why Development Assistance in the Third World Has Failed. Boston, MA: University of Massachusetts Press.
Harrison, P. (1980) The Third World Tomorrow. Harmondsworth:
Penguin.