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
Results 1-5 of 75
... Learning and Change (2004) Attitudes, ego and power: Behaviour as entry point Behaviour and attitudes of teachers ... learning and change Space and time for critical reflection and change Direct experiential learning through ...
... change 130 Modes for scaling up participatory practices 134 Pillars of PRA and linkages of change 162 The web of ... Learning and Planning System (ALPS) 70 Non-negotiables of Mahila Samatha 75 ActionAid's vision, mission and values ...
... learning and good change. In development, we will always live in flux.We will always need to learn and unlearn in order to do better. We will always travel and never arrive. Ideas for development will always be creatures of their time ...
... Learning and Action) Notes, Social Change (New Delhi), and World Development. The publications and dates were: Chapter 1 Final section of Chapter 12 'Some practical implications', in Settlement Schemes in Tropical Africa:A Study of ...
... Change (Delhi) (vol 28, nos 2 and 3,June–September, 1998, pp108–121). Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Chapter 7 ... learning with and from ActionAid (now ActionAid International). I am grateful to many in that family for sharing ...
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 |
6 Behaviour Attitudes and Beyond | 156 |
7 For Our Future | 184 |
References | 221 |
Index | 252 |