Description
Title: Hardly Ever a Dull Moment
Author: Fisk, E K (Fred)
Condition: Very Good +
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0731519787
Cover: Soft Cover without Dust Jacket – 280 pages
Comments: Fifth in the ‘History of Development Studies’ series, this autobiography tells of the author’s childhood, war experience in the Pacific as an officer in the Australian Signal Corps, his work with the Malayan Civil Service where he developed his ‘grassroots perspective’ on development issues and his subsequent career in development economics at the ANU, Canberra. Provides insight into post-war South-East Asian development theory and practice, and speculates on issues such as the goals of development and the social effects of development policy. Includes an index.
