Case analysis of inadequacies in the culture of "advocacy journalism by foundation-based researchers and academics." Documents flaws in the approach of a "senior policy analysis" employed by a conservative foundation to assess he effectiveness of the United Nations (in this case, the role of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN in advancing agricultural development.
Address reviews the theories and misconceptions which have provided the intellectual and idealogical underpinning of misguided agricultural and rural development policies. It then discusses major misguided policies which were supported by these intellectual traditions which have been shown to reduce agricultural growth and harm the welfare of the rural poor.