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 85
... programme of action 123 Part 2: Experiences, Lessons and Ways Forward (2004) 124 Until 1995 125 Since 1995:Versatile and exponential spread ... programmes compared 133 Ideas, learning and choices 142 Congruence from the bottom up 150 6 ...
... programmes compared 140 Contrasting tendencies in the realities and mindsets of scientists and resource-poor CDR farmers 157 7.1 Development vocabulary 187 7.2 Four approaches to development 208 7. 3 Professional, institutional and ...
... www.earthscan. co.uk Exposure and Dialogue Programme European Union United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FCO FPR FFS FTP FOE FPR Greenpeace, UK GDP GIS List of Acronyms, Abbreviations and Organizations and Addresses xvii.
... Programme (India) obligation-based approach Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 ... programme implementing agency (India National Watershed Development Programme) Participatory Irrigation Management ...
... Programme (Tanzania) rapid rural appraisal South Asia Conference on Sanitation structural adjustment programme Swiss agency for Development and Cooperation, Freiburgstrasse 130 CH-3003, Bern, Switzerland Tel: 41 31 323 2795 Fax: 41 31 ...
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 |