This work presents a trans-Siberian expedition to rediscover the peoples, cultures and riches of Russia's eastern frontiers. It addresses such questions as: who are the people of the region?; have they a distinct culture?; and does the area have a future as part of the Pacific Rim?
Development Aid in Russia: Lessons from Siberia
β Scribed by Judith Marquand (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 288
- Series
- St Antonyβs Series
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Prologue....Pages 1-5
Introduction....Pages 7-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
The Russian Context....Pages 25-45
The EU TEMPUS TACIS Programme....Pages 46-68
The UK Know How Fund and SEPS Programmes....Pages 69-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Management Development for TSU Library, 1994β8....Pages 95-115
TSU Environmental Management Masterβs Degree, 1995β9....Pages 116-136
Tomsk Oblast Ecological Committee, 1998β9....Pages 137-159
Developing Distance Learning in Siberia, 1999β2001....Pages 160-178
Sustainable Development in Omsk, 2002β3 and 2005....Pages 179-190
European Studies at TSU, 2000β2, 2003β6 and 2007β8....Pages 191-207
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Lessons from the Projects....Pages 211-226
Lessons for Donors....Pages 227-234
Epilogue....Pages 235-240
Back Matter....Pages 241-281
β¦ Subjects
Development Studies; Development Policy; Russian and Post-Soviet Politics; Social Structure, Social Inequality; Development Economics; Environment, general
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