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
Results 1-5 of 71
... Africa (2004) Conclusions from settlement schemes in tropical Africa (1969) Learning from project pathology:The case of Perkerra Part 2: Developments, Concepts and Discourse (2004) 9 Agricultural settlement in decline: Twists in the ...
... African conflicts, middle class children of the OECD, skinny people scouring for scraps and obese people stuffed sick, those who see evil and those who see good, those who hate and those who love, fundamentalists and ecumenicals ...
... Africa and South Asia.The examples on which I draw are mainly from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, with some from the Caribbean, and rather few from Latin America. A further weakness is that I am vulnerable to optimism and enthusiasm, and ...
... African Studies and Kumarian Press, IDS Sussex, PLA (Participatory Learning and Action) Notes, Social Change (New Delhi) ... Africa:A Study of Organisations and Development (Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1969, pp257–262), and final ...
... Africa Tel: 27(0) 21 462 3902 Fax: 27(0) 21 462 3918 Email: info@cdra.org.za www.cdra.org.za Centre for Development Studies, University of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK Tel: 44 (0)1792 295 332 Fax: 44 (0)1792 ...
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 |