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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... Tanzania The gap between words and actions A personal list of words and priorities for development 168 169 171 172 179 210 215 Preface The idea for this book came from Jonathan SinclairWilson. viii Ideas for Development.
... Tanzania The gap between words and actions A personal list of words and priorities for development 168 169 171 172 179 210 215 Preface The idea for this book came from Jonathan SinclairWilson. viii Ideas for Development.
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... Dar es Salaam,Tanzania logframe (or logical framework) analysis 13 Alipur Road, Exchange Building, Civil Lines, Delhi 110 054, India Millennium Ecosystem Assessment multi-donor budget support (Ghana) Millennium Development Goal ...
... Dar es Salaam,Tanzania logframe (or logical framework) analysis 13 Alipur Road, Exchange Building, Civil Lines, Delhi 110 054, India Millennium Ecosystem Assessment multi-donor budget support (Ghana) Millennium Development Goal ...
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... (Tanzania) rapid rural appraisal South Asia Conference on Sanitation structural adjustment programme Swiss agency for Development and Cooperation, Freiburgstrasse 130 CH-3003, Bern, Switzerland Tel: 41 31 323 2795 Fax: 41 31 3241695 ...
... (Tanzania) rapid rural appraisal South Asia Conference on Sanitation structural adjustment programme Swiss agency for Development and Cooperation, Freiburgstrasse 130 CH-3003, Bern, Switzerland Tel: 41 31 323 2795 Fax: 41 31 3241695 ...
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... 1973).2 In parallel, numerous studies of settlement schemes were undertaken in other countries, especially Sudan, Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia as it was), Zambia (Northern Rhodesia as it was), Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria and Ghana.
... 1973).2 In parallel, numerous studies of settlement schemes were undertaken in other countries, especially Sudan, Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia as it was), Zambia (Northern Rhodesia as it was), Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria and Ghana.
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... the first decade of this century; the narrow strip of uncultivated land on the edge of the Rift Valley at Upper Kitete [inTanzania]; the cleared bush of Kongwa, Urambo and Nachingwea after the Groundnut Scheme fiasco [in Tanzania].
... the first decade of this century; the narrow strip of uncultivated land on the edge of the Rift Valley at Upper Kitete [inTanzania]; the cleared bush of Kongwa, Urambo and Nachingwea after the Groundnut Scheme fiasco [in Tanzania].
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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 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Ideas for Development |
| Author | Robert Chambers |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1136563431, 9781136563430 |
| Length | 320 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development Nature / Ecology |
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