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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... Ir Continuity and Irrevrevrevrevrevererererersibilitysibilitysibilitysibilitysibility Part 1: Learning from Experience Introduction: Settlement schemes in tropical Africa (2004) Conclusions from settlement schemes in tropical Africa ...
... Ir Continuity and Irrevrevrevrevrevererererersibilitysibilitysibilitysibilitysibility Part 1: Learning from Experience Introduction: Settlement schemes in tropical Africa (2004) Conclusions from settlement schemes in tropical Africa ...
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... procedures 62 Part 2: Procedures and Principles to Empower (2004) 63 Reflections on the SRDP experience 64 Procedures and power: COP and PEPs 66 Contrasting cases 67 Reversing relations of power 72 Continual challenges 78 Conclusion ...
... procedures 62 Part 2: Procedures and Principles to Empower (2004) 63 Reflections on the SRDP experience 64 Procedures and power: COP and PEPs 66 Contrasting cases 67 Reversing relations of power 72 Continual challenges 78 Conclusion ...
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My practical field experience in development has been largely limited to eastern Africa and South Asia.The examples on which I draw are mainly from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, with some from the Caribbean, and rather few from Latin ...
My practical field experience in development has been largely limited to eastern Africa and South Asia.The examples on which I draw are mainly from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, with some from the Caribbean, and rather few from Latin ...
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... of departure and directions', in Managing Rural Development: Ideas and Experience from EastAfrica (Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, Uppsala, 1974, pp12–34; reprinted by Kumarian Press, New Hartford, Connecticut, 1985).
... of departure and directions', in Managing Rural Development: Ideas and Experience from EastAfrica (Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, Uppsala, 1974, pp12–34; reprinted by Kumarian Press, New Hartford, Connecticut, 1985).
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Experience. In the 1950s and 1960s, settlement schemes were conspicuous in tropical Africa. Many of them were politically committing and effectively irreversible. Once settlers had been introduced they were difficult to abandon.
Experience. In the 1950s and 1960s, settlement schemes were conspicuous in tropical Africa. Many of them were politically committing and effectively irreversible. Once settlers had been introduced they were difficult to abandon.
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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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