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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... (Alcamo et al, 2003, p212). Programme in India intended to promote participatory management of the forest resource jointly between local communities and the forest department. An organization that provides loans for development ...
... (Alcamo et al, 2003, p214) and uncertainty, the condition of not being known or predictable, where the probability distribution is not known (Devereux, 2001, p508), and each has a considerable literature. But irreversibility is less well ...
... (Alcamo et al, 2003). This defines concepts relevant to this discussion (ibid, pp208–216). Irreversibility is 'the quality of being impossible or difficult to restore, or return to, a former condition'. Reversibility is related to ...
... Alcamo et al (2003, pp79–81). I was lucky to be involved both in drafting the chapter on human well-being and in plenary discussions across the whole range of subjects. This was one of the most stimulating and mind-opening experiences ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
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 |