ABSTRACT
In recent years concerns have been raised regarding the value of international development interventions, with a great deal of effort being expended on measuring and evaluating aid effectiveness as well as the economic and human benefits accruing from such work. Similar concerns arise when considering the much-vaunted benefits of ‘culture’ for development, including the contribution of museums and heritage initiatives. As Paul Basu and Wayne Modest discuss in the introduction to this volume, there has been relatively little critical analysis of this area of international engagement and the sector has yet to develop adequate means of assessing its impact either in terms of its material outcomes or vaguer senses of social well-being.
