Pioneering in International Urban Development: Creating USAID Policies and Programs 1970–1982: A Case Driven History of the of Urban Development, ... U.S. Agency for International Development - Couverture souple

Chetwynd Jr., Eric; Miner, William R.

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ISBN 10 : 0692049789 ISBN 13 : 9780692049785

Editeur : Eric Chetwynd & William R. Miner, 2017

Synopsis

During the 1970s there were serious concerns in the U.S. Congress and the development community about rapid urbanization and poverty in developing countries and about global energy shortages, opening up both the need and the opportunity to pioneer new solutions. This is the story of how a scrappy but determined team of policy makers and researchers established a small office at the US Agency of International Development and created a legacy of energy and resource programs, planning and management solutions, and answers to rapid urbanization and poverty.

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS Eric Chetwynd completed a career in the US Agency for International Development (1962 – 1992), including resident field assignments in Indonesia and Korea, 12 years as Deputy Director of the Office of Urban Development and finished his USAID career serving six years as Director of the Office of Economic and Institutional Development. After leaving USAID in 1992, Chetwynd served as Counselor, Center for International Development Research at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University. From 1993-1996 he was Director of Research Triangle Institute’s Municipal Finance and Management Project, a USAID program focusing on Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. As an independent consultant in international development , Chetwynd worked on program and strategy design, local government, evaluation and facilitation. He has worked in some 60 countries. William R. Miner spent 50 years specializing in urban, rural and regional planning and development, and served a 38-year career with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). His domestic experience included neighborhood development work with the Marion County TB Association in Indianapolis from 1950 - 1953 and in Detroit serving as coordinator of a 42-agency metropolitan health and welfare planning organization from 1956 - 1959. Miner was UN Community Development Expert to the Government of Liberia. His first community development work was as a volunteer for the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) in an Arab village in Israel from 1953 - 1955. Miner and Chetwynd were appointed by the USAID Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Technical Assistance to see what USAID should do about urban and regional development problems. The answer came with the creation of the Office of Urban Development two years later in 1973. Miner and Chetwynd served as Director and Deputy Director of the Office during its entire existence. The Office, known for its resourcefulness in staffing and creativity, was awarded an Agency Superior Honor Award. The State Department made the Office responsible for representing the US on the UN Committee on Housing, Building and Planning. Miner later served as US Member of the UN Commission on Human Settlements until the Office of Urban Development was abolished in 1982. After holding many positions in administration within USAID, Miner retired in 1998 as Social Science Analyst in the Bureau for Population and Health.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Eric Chetwynd & William R. Miner
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0692049789
• ISBN 13: 9780692049785
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 302
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