| Description |
xxi, 378 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Possibilities for income-deprived but capability-rich communities in Egypt / Waad El Hadidy -- God created the world and we created Conjunto Palmeira: four decades of forging community and building a local economy in Brazil / Rogerio Arns Neumann, Alison Mathie, assisted by Joanne LInzey -- Building the Mercado Central: asset based community development and community entrepreneurship in the USA / Geralyn Sheehan -- The Jambi Kiwa story: mobilizing assets for community development in Ecuador / Gordon Cunningham -- When bamboo is old, the sprouts appear: rekindling local economies through traditional skills in Hanoi, Vietnam / Jim Delaney and Nguyen Duc Vinh -- By their own hands: two hundred years of building community in St. Andrews, Nova Scotia, Canada / Gordon Cunningham and Kate Fiander -- The hardware and software of community development: migrant infrastructure projects in rural Morocco / Natasha Iskander and Nadia Bentaleb-Maes |
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A spreading banyan tree: the Self Employed Women's Association, India / Martha Chen -- People's institutions as a vehicle for community development: a case study from Southern India / Alison Mathie -- Jansenville Development Forum: linking community and government in the rural landscape of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa / Susan Wilkinson-Maposa -- Stimulating asset based and community driven development: lessons from five communities in Ethiopia / Gordon Cunningham -- Reviving self-help: an NGO promotes asset based community development in two communities in Kenya / Alison Mathie -- From DCBA to ABCD: the potential for strengthening citizen engagement with local government in Mindanao, Philippines / Alison Mathie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Community development -- Case studies.
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Community leadership -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Mathie, Alison.
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Cunningham, Gordon, 1958-
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| LC no. |
2009285369 |
| ISBN |
1853396737 paperback |
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9781853396731 paperback |
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9781552662885 |
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1552662888 |
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