Archive - July 6, 2022

  What’s it like being the only expatriate manager of a multi-million dollar development project with a staff of over 200? What’s it like having to start off dealing with a major embezzlement on a previous project that occurred prior to your arrival? What’s it like to work with senior staff who hate each other and could be complicit in the embezzlement? What’s it like having to deal with a donor agency and host government that view you with deep mistrust while demanding that that you get project activities up and running quickly? These are but a small part of the complex challenges depicted in this novel that are involved in fulfilling a development missios abroad.   Robert Gurevich is an Applied Anthropologist specializing in education and development. In addition to service as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand, he undertook long-term assignments in Indonesia, Somalia, Albania, and Ethiopia, along . . .