| Description |
xix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
pt. I. Analysis. 1. Understanding Poverty. Basic Needs and Poverty. What are the Causes of Poverty? Analysing Poverty. 2. What is Development? Theories of Development. Recent Trends in Development Thinking. Development from Below -- People First. 3. Self-Reliant Participatory Development. What is a Community? Social and Cultural Change. What is Self-Reliance? What do We Mean by Participation? Participatory Development and the Time Factor -- pt. II. Action. 4. Agents of Change. What Part can Development Agencies Play? What is a Change Agent? The Role. Formal Qualifications. The Staying Power of Change Agents. 5. The Training and Support of Change Agents. Participatory Training. Follow-up and Support. Organisation and Leadership. 6. Getting Started. Preparatory Studies. Planning and Proposals. Programme Monitoring. 7. Working with People. The Dialogical Method. What is an Interest Group? How Groups are Formed. Group Activities. Common Causes of Failure. Summing Up. 8. External Relationships: Inside Looking Out. Local Elites and the Power Structure. Government Officials. Combining with Other Groups. Dilemmas of Participatory Development. 9. Savings, Credit and Inputs: Essential Components. Factors of Production. External Credit. Donations and Matching Grants. Introducing New Technologies -- pt. III. Reflection. 10. Objectives and Principles of Self-Reliant Participatory Development. The Objectives. Basic Principles. 11. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back. Two Steps Forward. One Step Back ... Stepping Out. Appendix: Questions for Discussion |
| Analysis |
Developing countries Rural regions Development |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography: pages 234-238, and index |
| Subject |
Rural development -- Developing countries.
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Rural development.
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| SUBJECT |
Developing countries -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037344
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| LC no. |
93171099 |
| ISBN |
1856490815 |
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1856490823 (paperback) |
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