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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Words and concepts 48 Administrative capacity, agency and power 49 3 Procedures,Procedures,Procedures,Procedures ... on the SRDP experience 64 Procedures and power: COP and PEPs 66 Contrasting cases 67 Reversing relations of power 72 ...
Words and concepts 48 Administrative capacity, agency and power 49 3 Procedures,Procedures,Procedures,Procedures ... on the SRDP experience 64 Procedures and power: COP and PEPs 66 Contrasting cases 67 Reversing relations of power 72 ...
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... debt, international relations, governance, agricultural subsidies in the North, or the latest acronyms like PRSPs and MDGs. ... This applies to those with more power and wealth: they can choose the gains of living better by acting ...
... debt, international relations, governance, agricultural subsidies in the North, or the latest acronyms like PRSPs and MDGs. ... This applies to those with more power and wealth: they can choose the gains of living better by acting ...
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In what follows, much of the focus is on aid agencies, and their priorities, activities and relations with ... This, he argued, was a weakness of agricultural projects, which were easier to abandon than, say, electric power or railways.
In what follows, much of the focus is on aid agencies, and their priorities, activities and relations with ... This, he argued, was a weakness of agricultural projects, which were easier to abandon than, say, electric power or railways.
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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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| 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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