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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... social audits, the Tobin tax, a tax on aviation fuels, a stronger United Nations, corporate accountability, more democratic voting systems in the United States and Britain. . .?' There are three reasons. First, no book can be about ...
... 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 Organisations and Development ...
... Social Change (Delhi) (vol 28, nos 2 and 3,June–September, 1998, pp108–121). Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Chapter 7 'Editorial. Responsible wellbeing: A personal agenda for development', World Development (vol 25, no 11, 1997 ...
Robert Chambers. CBO CD CDR CDRA CDS CGIAR CLTS COP Council for Social Development CSO CTA DAC Danida DELTA DFID DSC Earthscan EDP EU FAO community-based organization community development complex, diverse and risk prone (applied to ...
... Social Action, 93/2 Charles Campbell Road, Cox Town, Bangalore 560 005, India Tel/fax: 91 (0) 80 2548 3642/7654/5134 Email: nesa@vsnl.com non-governmental organization National Irrigation Board (Nairobi, Kenya) national non-governmental ...
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 |