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==Global model==

==Global model==

Morgan was renowned for his use of innovative methods, and Lilienthal stressed how it could become a basis for foreign policy, seeing the TVA a world class model for rural modernization. The State Department brought in high level visitors from many lands.

Morgan was renowned for his use of innovative methods, and Lilienthal stressed how it could become a basis for foreign policy, seeing the TVA a world class model for rural modernization. Lilienthal's book, ''TVA: Democracy on the March'' (1944) glowing described the TVA as a more than a generator of inexpensive power; he called it an American model example of grassroots regional democracy, environmental conservation, and the peaceful use of energy. Lilienthal promoted the notion that the TVA, as a regional democratic experiment, could be introduced to other parts of America and exported to Europe. The State Department brought in high level visitors from many lands.  In 1955, Lilienthal and other TVA associates formed the Development and Resources Corporation that operated for over two decades in 25 countries until 1979 when the new revolutionary government of Iran refused to reimburse it for development projects.

However the TVA was that it was a top-heavy, centralized, technocratic venture that required a very large well-trained staff that could not be easily duplicated in the Third World. The experts tended to denigrate and displace locals in insensitive ways. When the TVA became a model basis for modernization programs in various parts of the Third World during the Cold War, such as in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, its failure brought a backlash of cynicism toward modernization programs that has persisted.<ref> David Ekbladh, "'Mr. TVA': Grass-roots Development, David Lilienthal, and the Rise and Fall of the Tennessee Valley Authority as a Symbol for U.S. Overseas Development, 1933-1973," ''Diplomatic History'' 2002 26(3): 335-374</ref>  

However the TVA was a top-heavy, centralized, technocratic venture that required a very large well-trained staff that could rarely be found in the Third World. The experts tended to denigrate and displace locals in insensitive ways. When the TVA became a model basis for modernization programs in various parts of the Third World during the Cold War, such as in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, its failure brought a backlash of cynicism toward modernization programs that has persisted.<ref> David Ekbladh, "'Mr. TVA': Grass-roots Development, David Lilienthal, and the Rise and Fall of the Tennessee Valley Authority as a Symbol for U.S. Overseas Development, 1933-1973," ''Diplomatic History'' 2002 26(3): 335-374</ref>  

==Arkansas River Authority--rejected==

==Arkansas River Authority--rejected==

Liberals proposed in the 1930s the Arkansas Valley Authority (AVA), patterned on the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which would have contained all of Arkansas and Oklahoma and large parts of Missouri, Louisiana, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado. The AVA was supported by the Roosevelt administration and Federal legislation was proposed in 1941. Opposition, led by Colorado Governor Ralph Carr and including all Colorado Congressmen and Senator Alva B. Adams as well as the Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators' Association and the Denver Chamber of Commerce, helped defeat the AVA. Opposition centered on possible loss of Colorado's water rights and fear of increased Federal powers.<ref>Mary Farley, "Colorado and the Arkansas Valley Authority," ''Colorado Magazine'' 1971 48(3): 221-234,

Liberals proposed in the 1930s the Arkansas Valley Authority (AVA), patterned on the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which would have contained all of Arkansas and Oklahoma and large parts of Missouri, Louisiana, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado. The AVA was supported by the Roosevelt administration and Federal legislation was proposed in 1941. Opposition, led by Colorado Governor Ralph Carr and including all Colorado Congressmen and Senator Alva B. Adams as well as the Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators' Association and the Denver Chamber of Commerce, helped defeat the AVA. Opposition centered on possible loss of Colorado's water rights and fear of increased Federal powers.<ref>Mary Farley, "Colorado and the Arkansas Valley Authority," ''Colorado Magazine'' 1971 48(3): 221-234 </ref>  

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