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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... group, they were instrumental in drawing up and gaining agreement for theWorld Bank's policy on involuntary resettlement, issued in 1980.This major step forward was influential both inside and outside lending and donor agencies, though ...
... group of 51 authors met four times to evolve the conceptual framework27 published as Ecosystems and Human Well-being:A framework for assessment (Alcamo et al, 2003). This defines concepts relevant to this discussion (ibid, pp208–216) ...
... group of people or a mission; or political – with commitment to a programme or policy. Commitment is also contextual, evolutionary and difficult to forecast. As for irreversibility, in economics it has been overshadowed by ...
... groups, government officials and others that the Manager told me he spent 45 per cent of his time on public relations.This led to the recruitment ofa Deputy Manager for whom this was his major work. 2 The recent history of Mwea has been ...
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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 |
6 Behaviour Attitudes and Beyond | 156 |
7 For Our Future | 184 |
References | 221 |
Index | 252 |