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. |
From inside the book
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... ActionAid's vision, mission and values 79 Ten key elements for transforming public agencies into strategic enabling institutions 147 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 7.1 7.2 How behaviour affects. List of Figures, Tables and Boxes.
... ActionAid (now ActionAid International). I am grateful to many in that family for sharing experience, and for the stimulation and challenge of keeping up with a fast-moving, committed and innovative INGO. My thanks go to all, and not ...
Robert Chambers. List. of. Acronyms,. Abbreviations. and. Organizations. and. Addresses. AAA ABC ActionAid ActionAid, India ActionAid, UK AI ALPS APMSS APNSD BMZ Bretton Woods Project CARE Aashray Adhikar Abhiyan, U55/B Lane 4, Shakarpur ...
... ActionAid's ALPS) poverty reduction strategy paper poverty and social impact analysis participatory technology development participatory urban appraisal Queen Elizabeth House, 21 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LA, UK Tel 44 (0) 1865 273600 Fax ...
... ActionAid in the UK, the introduction of the new radical ALPS (Accountability, Learning and Planning System) (see Chapter 3, 'Liberation by letting go') became increasingly difficult when 'staff were coming and going at all levels' as ...
Contents
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2 Aid and Administrative Capacity | 30 |
3 Procedures Principles and Power | 54 |
Review Reflections and Future | 86 |
5 PRA Participation and Going to Scale | 119 |
6 Behaviour Attitudes and Beyond | 156 |
7 For Our Future | 184 |
References | 221 |
Index | 252 |