The development of poor countries has so often meant the export of
Northern technology for ambitious schemes designed to make money
the latest giant dam, oil refinery, logging process or pesticide
factory. But such 'aid' has frequently been ecologically
destructive and its crippling cost has ended up making life
immeasurably worse for those it was supposed to help. Using
examples from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South
America, this book shows there are forms of development that allow
people to control their own resources while improving their
condition and enhancing their environment. The 33 case studies from
agriculture, fishing and industry were commissioned by the
International Institute for Environment and Development from people
closely involved in the projects, with overviews by Robert
Chambers, John Michael Kramer, Marilyn Carr, David Butcher and Yves
Cabannes. Originally published in 1988
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