Ideas for DevelopmentOur world seems entangled in systems increasingly dominated by power, greed, ignorance, self-deception and denial, with spiralling inequity and injustice. Against a backdrop of climate change, failing ecosystems, poverty, crushing debt and corporate exploitation, the future of our world looks dire and the solutions almost too monumental to consider. Yet all is not lost. Robert Chambers, one of the ?glass is half full? optimists of international development, suggests that the problems can be solved and everyone has the power at a personal level to take action, develop solutions and remake our world as it can and should be. Chambers peels apart and analyses aspects of development that have been neglected or misunderstood. In each chapter, he presents an earlier writing which he then reviews and reflects upon in a contemporary light before harvesting a wealth of powerful conclusions and practical implications for the future. The book draws on experiences from Africa, Asia and elsewhere, covering topics and concepts as wide and varied as irreversibility, continuity and commitment; administrative capacity as a scarce resource; procedures and principles; participation in the past, present and future; scaling up; behaviour and attitudes; responsible wellbeing; and concepts for development in the 21st century. |
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... Spread PRA A Way of Being Non - negotiables Illogical Control Principles PLA Always Lifting New Lids Congruence Scale Participation Abuses ROBERT CHAMBERS DEVELOPMENT Irreversibility Concepts Commitment Methodologies Immersions ...
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... spread 125 Concerns about quality 129 Options for the spread of PRA 133 Experiences with spread: Four programmes compared Ideas, learning and choices 133 142 Congruence from the bottom up 150 6 Behaviour , Attitudes and Beyond 156 Part ...
... spread: sequences, speed, scale and quality of change 5.2 Modes for scaling up participatory practices 130 134 6.1 Pillars of PRA and linkages of change 162 7.1 The web of responsible well-being 194 7.2 Transforming power 209 Tables 3.1 ...
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