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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Capabilities: 'They can do it' Power, dominance and error Participatory research Good behaviour and attitudes Potential ... trainers and facilitators Activities for ABC Codes of practice and respect Personal impacts of participation In ...
Capabilities: 'They can do it' Power, dominance and error Participatory research Good behaviour and attitudes Potential ... trainers and facilitators Activities for ABC Codes of practice and respect Personal impacts of participation In ...
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6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 7.1 7.2 How behaviour affects the power balance and what we are told A case study about teaching PRA techniques Shoulder-tapping Ethical guidelines for participatory research with sex workers Reflections of ...
6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 7.1 7.2 How behaviour affects the power balance and what we are told A case study about teaching PRA techniques Shoulder-tapping Ethical guidelines for participatory research with sex workers Reflections of ...
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FCO FPR FFS FTP FOE FPR Greenpeace, UK GDP GIS GM GRIP GTZ HelpAge International IBRFP IDRC IDS IFAD IFIs Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the UK government farmer participatory research Farmer Field School (facilitated series of ...
FCO FPR FFS FTP FOE FPR Greenpeace, UK GDP GIS GM GRIP GTZ HelpAge International IBRFP IDRC IDS IFAD IFIs Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the UK government farmer participatory research Farmer Field School (facilitated series of ...
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... US Fax: 1 212 906 5364 www.undp.org/ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees United Nations International Children Emergency Fund United Nations Research Institute in Social Development Uganda Participatory Poverty Assessment ...
... US Fax: 1 212 906 5364 www.undp.org/ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees United Nations International Children Emergency Fund United Nations Research Institute in Social Development Uganda Participatory Poverty Assessment ...
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... not least through participatory seed breeding and selection. This was a core project innovation that challenged the prevailing regulatory frameworks and bureaucratic practice of Indian agricultural research (Witcombe et al, 1996), ...
... not least through participatory seed breeding and selection. This was a core project innovation that challenged the prevailing regulatory frameworks and bureaucratic practice of Indian agricultural research (Witcombe et al, 1996), ...
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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 |
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