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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... Agency: Refers to individual people, and the ability to act and change the world. Aid agency: An organization that ... aid agencies and INGOs. Farmer Field A facilitated series of meetings of farmers in which they learn from School ...
... aid agency and developing country government staff, created conditions for innovation, learning and changes in practices and policies. In the 1990s, as aid agencies and governments shifted their priorities to programmes and policy ...
... agencies, though less so with governments. At the same time, internationally networking activists made lenders ... aid followed for other dams. The UK government backed off from supporting the Pergau Dam in Malaysia when the World ...
... aid agencies. To summarize these in broad brush terms, during the 1950s and 1960s, infrastructure projects were prominent – for example, industrial plants, harbours, roads, railways, telecommunications, airports and irrigation projects ...
... aid agencies, and their priorities, activities and relations with governments; but much also applies to governments themselves. Let us follow the historical sequence and start with projects. Commitment and continuity with projects For ...
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 |