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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... project. pathology:The. case. of. Perkerra10. Introduction (2004) The Perkerra Irrigation Scheme in Kenya was launched precipitously in 1952 during the Mau ... project 6 Ideas for Development Learning from project pathology: The case of ...
... project requiring a favourable coincidence of several interdependent factors begins to run into trouble, difficulties tend to compound one another. On Perkerra, lack of water has sometimes limited the acreage that can be irrigated, in ...
... project like Perkerra may usually be greater than their apparent costs.To evaluate any scheme is, of course, a ... projects – combine in a criterion applicable to choices in agricultural development. The Perkerra Irrigation Scheme ...
... projects became less favoured in most parts of the world. Big dams and other projects were increasingly recognized to have high human costs in the many who were displaced, dispossessed and inadequately compensated. Champions within ...
... projects for refugees and displaced people followed the global trend and had become rare. 'Oustees',. rights. and. ease. of. exit. The retreat from agricultural settlement during the 1970s and 1980s was paralleled by neglect by governments ...
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 |