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To Export Progress: The Golden Age of University Assistance in the Americas (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies)
To Export Progress The Golden Age of University Assistance in the Americas - Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies Author:Daniel C. Levy In this study of the attempts to export the modern Western university, its ideas, and its form to the Third World, Daniel C. Levy examines the development assistance provided by the Ford Foundation, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Inter-American Development Bank and their relations with local partners in Latin America in t... more »he 1960s and 1970s. Levy considers the funders, how they selected partners, which countries and institutions were favored, and to what effect. Based on meticulous research and careful analysis, the book provides a detailed look at philanthropic assistance to the region during the era of modernization and development in Latin America.« less