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 82
... Participatory research Good behaviour and attitudes Potential Practical implications Part 2: In Search of Learning and Change (2004) Attitudes, ego and power: Behaviour as entry point Behaviour and attitudes of teachers, trainers and ...
... participatory practices 134 Pillars of PRA and linkages of change 162 The web of responsible well-being 194 ... Learning and Planning System (ALPS) 70 Non-negotiables of Mahila Samatha 75 ActionAid's vision, mission and values 79 Ten key ...
... (Participatory Learning and Action) Notes, Social Change (New Delhi), and World Development. The publications and dates were: Chapter 1 Final section of Chapter 12 'Some practical implications', in Settlement Schemes in Tropical Africa:A ...
... Participatory Action Learning System power and relationship Pastoralists' Communication Initiative, PO Box 20768, addis Ababa 1000, Ethiopia Tel: 251 1444 196 Email: globalpastoralistgathering@yahoo.co.uk participation- or people ...
... participatory poverty assessment participatory rural appraisal (occasionally participatory rapid appraisal, and now ... learning and action Regenerated Freirian Literacy through Empowering Community Techniques Email: reflectaction@yahoo ...
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 |