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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... costs Preferring administration-sparing policies Part 2: Rethinking Policies and Practices in Aid (2004) From past to present Proliferation and fragmentation Transaction costs The capital trap Whose capacity is scarcer?
... costs Preferring administration-sparing policies Part 2: Rethinking Policies and Practices in Aid (2004) From past to present Proliferation and fragmentation Transaction costs The capital trap Whose capacity is scarcer?
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As people we are now, as never before, all in this together – all of us human beings, wildly different though our circumstances are – young men caged and tormented in Guantanamo Bay, corporate fat cats complacent in capital cities, ...
As people we are now, as never before, all in this together – all of us human beings, wildly different though our circumstances are – young men caged and tormented in Guantanamo Bay, corporate fat cats complacent in capital cities, ...
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Settlement schemes, especially those that are more complex in system and costly in capital, are high-risk undertakings. They share with non-settlement approaches to agricultural development the uncertainties of innovations, weather, ...
Settlement schemes, especially those that are more complex in system and costly in capital, are high-risk undertakings. They share with non-settlement approaches to agricultural development the uncertainties of innovations, weather, ...
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... of abandoning a project or programme if it proves uneconomic.When all this is done the case against high capital and complex settlement schemes becomes stronger than when only conventional cost-benefit criteria 4 Ideas for Development.
... of abandoning a project or programme if it proves uneconomic.When all this is done the case against high capital and complex settlement schemes becomes stronger than when only conventional cost-benefit criteria 4 Ideas for Development.
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From the start, capital and recurrent costs were high and revenue negligible.Tenants were settled but many left. Areas irrigated consistently fell far short of those targeted. Agricultural and marketing problems were intractable.
From the start, capital and recurrent costs were high and revenue negligible.Tenants were settled but many left. Areas irrigated consistently fell far short of those targeted. Agricultural and marketing problems were intractable.
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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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