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Understanding the Role of National Development Experts in Development Ethnography
Author(s) -
Kamruzzaman Palash
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/dpr.12200
Subject(s) - scholarship , ethnography , agency (philosophy) , bridge (graph theory) , space (punctuation) , development (topology) , international development , national development , sociology , political science , development studies , engineering ethics , economic growth , social science , engineering , computer science , medicine , economics , anthropology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , law , operating system
International aid architecture has created a space for development experts to operationalise development policies in various capacity. A growing body of literature highlights the agency of this group through an ethnographic lens for deepening the understanding of development practice. However, this article reveals that there is a gap in the existing literature as the roles of national development experts ( NDE s) remain rather unexplored in development. This article aims to bridge this gap by introducing the NDE s as an unexplored actor in development and setting an agenda for further research. Drawing on a Bangladesh case this article argues that not only will the accounts of NDE s deepen the existing scholarship but also without their reflections we will only have partial development ethnographies.