Inside the Everyday Lives of Development Workers: The Challenges and Futures of Aidland

This collection of short academic papers presents the day-to-day reality of development work as a central factor in the effectiveness of overseas aid and a legitimate field for anthropological study. The ‘Aidland’ of the book's subtitle is not a geographical concept; it is a metaphorical conceit to make the point that the lives and worlds of both those who are ‘doing development’ and those ‘being developed’ play a role in the process of programme implementation.

The full book review is available here:

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09614524.2012.640991