Ideas for DevelopmentRoutledge, 17/06/2013 - 320 من الصفحات Our 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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... pers comm). The behaviour of those who expect short spells is predictable. If foreigners, they lack incentives to learn a local language or to take pains to understand local people and conditions, or to take a long view. If energetic ...
... pers comm). In sum, the costs of lack of staff continuity are unseen, unaccounted for, incalculable and often unnecessary. At the same time, continuity is not a simple thing, always to be maximized. From the point of view of a foreign ...
... (pers comm) has pointed out that: 'Interestingly, the FCO [Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the UK government] now has “anchors”, so although someone is only posted for three to four years at any time to a particular country, they do ...
... pers comm ) . 30 The Cinderella analogy works as a metaphor for exclusion by those with power and influence . Her ugly sisters did this to Cinderella . Ugly in this sense myself , I was responsible for excluding ' continuity of staff in ...
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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 |