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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... Perkerra Part 2: Developments, Concepts and Discourse (2004) 9 Agricultural settlement in decline: Twists in the tale 10 'Oustees', rights and ease of exit Commitment, continuity and creativity Irreversibility Cinderella concepts and ...
... Perkerra irrigation scheme: A contrasting case', in Mwea:An Irrigated Rice Settlement in Kenya, 1973 (edited jointly with Jon Moris,Weltforumverlag, Munchen, 1973, pp361–364). Chapter 2 Reproduced from 'Executive capacity as a scarce ...
... Perkerra Irrigation Scheme in Kenya was one such project which by almost any criteria should never have been started, and once started, not continued. It performed disastrously but became increasingly difficult to abandon. In project ...
... Perkerra Scheme in Kenya, and to compare the green irrigated fields with the surrounding desert, and at the same time to sustain a conviction that the Scheme should be abandoned. Running water through channels and onto dry land, growing ...
... Perkerra river, but the 1936 exploratory report could not be found. Detainees were placed in camps on the site and ... Perkerra (1973) Many lessons could be culled from the Perkerra experience. Only some of the more obvious and important ...
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 |