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...addition to growing skeptical about the effectiveness of such programs, many developing countries have grown out of them. Dwight H. Perkins, director of the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), notes that "when a country reaches a level where it no longer needs such advice, it is no longer appropriate for Harvard to help." Perkins notes the difference between the stages of development between Asian and African countries. Asian nations have for the most part more of an established core of administrators than African nations, and therefore have less of a need for direct...
...Geneva-based philanthropic Aga Khan Foundation, is funding the project, committee member David E. Bell, Gamble Professor of Population Sciences and International Health, said yesterday Dwight H. Perkins, director of the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) is coordinating the staff work, Bell added...
Perkins--who will administer the funds through the HIID--declined to disclose the possible recommendations the committee will eventually make, explaining. "It's his [the Aga Khan's] judgment as to whether the alternatives are to be made public...
...task force plans to suggest a series of reforms that will make Bangladesh's industries more competitive on the world market, said HIID Fellow and Project Coordinator Joseph Stern...
...HIID has been involved in similar operations in developing countries since the mid 1950s, and is engaged in ongoing projects in Kenya, Indonesia, and the Ivory Coast...