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WHO would put more than £50 million into a high-risk enterprise and be unable to produce the business plan on which that investment was made? A philanthropist with more money than sense? Or simply the Scottish Government. The business in question was BiFab, now in administration. The dismal story of how public money was squandered with hundreds of jobs lost is revealed in a diligent report produced by Holyrood’s Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee. For anyone interested in what passe...

Program/Project Management Consultancy in Myanmar about Agriculture, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from World Vision; closing on 01 Feb 2021

Post Number : N/A IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that Closure Date and Time displayed above are based on date and time settings of your personal device FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender and nationality People with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality The incumbent may be re-assigned to different activities and/or duty stations depending on the evolving needs of the Organization Organiza...

In 1967 Albert O. Hirschman, the pioneering development economist, published Development Projects Observed. Based on an analysis of a handful of long-standing World Bank projects, the book was an effort, as Hirschman writes in the preface, “to ‘sing’ the epic adventure of development­ — its challenge, drama, and grandeur.” He sang this epic not in the register of high development theory,­ but rather through the ups and downs and unexpected twists of real-world development projects....