{"product_id":"do-bicycles-equal-development-in-mozambique-9781847013187","title":"Do Bicycles Equal Development in Mozambique?","description":"\u003cb\u003eChallenges some key assumptions of both the donors and the government about how development can be achieved in Mozambique.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs Mozambique an African success story?\u003cbr\u003e It has 7 percent a year growth rate and substantial foreign investment. Fifteen years after the war of destabilisation, the peace has held. Mozambique is the donors' model pupil, carefully following their prescriptions and receiving more than a billion dollars a year in aid. The number of bicycles has doubled and this is often cited as the symbol of development.\u003cbr\u003e In this book the authors challenge some key assumptions of both the donors and the government and ask questions such as whether there has been too much stress on the Millennium Development Goals and too little support for economic development; if it makes sense to target thepoorest of the poor, or would it be better to target those who create the jobs which will employ the poor; whether there has been too much emphasis on foreign investment and too little on developing domestic capital; and if the private sector really will end poverty, or must there be a stronger role for the state in the economy?\u003cbr\u003e This book is about more than Mozambique. Mozambique is an apparent success story that is used to justify the present 'post-Washington consensus' development model.  Here, the case of Mozambique is situated within the broader development debate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Joseph Hanlon is Senior Lecturer at the Open University and the author of \u003ci\u003eBeggar Your Neighbours\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMozambique: Who Calls the Shots?\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003ePeace without Profit\u003c\/i\u003e (all published by James Currey) which have all made influential interventions in the development debate; Teresa Smart is Director of the London Mathematics Centre, Institute of Education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Published in association with the Open University","brand":"Joseph Hanlon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280271290619,"sku":"9781847013187","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781847013187_a0ca28f0-d465-4aca-970a-58b51adafec8.jpg?v=1772487645","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/do-bicycles-equal-development-in-mozambique-9781847013187","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}