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
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... budget support (Ghana) Millennium Development Goal Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghatan (Movement for the Empowerment of Peasants and Workers, Rajasthan) monitoring and evaluation member of parliament Mountain Rural Development Programme ...
... budget of a sectoral ministry, implemented at national or sub-national level, and without the local boundaries of many projects. A bounded and focused initiative with dedicated funding. A project may be multi-sectoral in content and ...
... budget support, debt relief, good governance, participation and human rights policies proclaimed as pro-poor. As the new century came in, lenders and donors were abandoning field projects and focusing on policy. Some big projects ...
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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 |