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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Robert Chambers. settlement schemes becomes stronger than when only conventional cost-benefit criteria are used.While this does not mean that such schemes should be ruled out altogether, it does mean that they should be approached with ...
... schemes as unpromising as Perkerra are never begun; for it is far easier to ... settlement projects became less favoured in most parts of the world. Big ... settlement in decline:Twists in the tale After the 1960s, Words and Ideas ...
Robert Chambers. Agricultural. settlement. in. decline:Twists. in. the. tale. After the 1960s, agricultural settlement schemes became less common and less conspicuous. In Africa, their problems and costs, the less land available and ...
... scheme.The lack of democracy, accountability and transparency, earlier thought to be a strength, had become a liability. Worldwide, administered agricultural settlement schemes became rare during the 1980s and 1990s. There were fewer ...
... settlement schemes in Africa, irreversibility of commitment was linked to political and moral responsibility to those who had been settled. After a phase of neglect, such obligations are now again more extensively recognized and ...
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 |