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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... appraisal (occasionally participatory rapid appraisal, and now increasingly participatory reflection and action) a compromise term for PRA and other somewhat similar participatory methodologies, especially as included in the publication ...
... . A pattern of mutually consistent and supporting concepts, values, methods, behaviours and relationships. Participatory irrigation management: Participatory rural appraisal: Party numbers: Power and xxvi Ideas for Development.
... appraisal, and now increasingly participatory reflection and action.) A family of approaches, behaviours and methods for enabling people to conduct their own appraisal, analysis, planning, action, monitoring and evaluation, which often ...
... appraisal, the political irreversibility of commitment is a neglected aspect of risk, and varies by type of project. Introduction: Settlement schemes in tropical Africa (2004) In the Sub-Saharan Africa of decolonization and early ...
... appraisal (PRA) through a series of workshops (Johansson, 2000). Participatory approaches gained strong support from the two Regional Commissioners, Colonel Nsa Kaisi and Colonel AnatoliTarimo (and, subsequently, his successor A.Y. ...
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 |