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Provocations for Development (Paperback)
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Provocations for Development (Paperback)
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Do we use obscure words to impress our colleagues or fashionable
ones to win research proposals? How do poor people define their
poverty? How can we use aid budgets most effectively? Are many of
our actions against poverty simple, direct and wrong? "Provocations
for Development" is an entertaining and unsettling collection of
writings that questions concepts, conventions and practices in
development. It is made up of short and accessible writings by
Robert Chambers, many from the past ten years and some from
earlier, reflecting on the evolution of concepts like participation
and of organizations like the World Bank. Besides provocations,
there is mischief, verse and serious fun. The book is organized
into four sections. The first, "Word Play," irreverently examines
vocabularies of development and how words are instruments of power.
The second, "Poverty and Participation," challenges concepts of
poverty, presents empowering breakthroughs in the current explosion
of participatory methodologies, and concludes with what can be done
at the personal level. The third, "Aid," is critical of past and
present procedures and practices in aid and points to feasible
changes for doing better. The provocations in the last section "For
Our Future" touch on values, ethics, gender and participation,
immersions, hypocrisy, and paradigms, and sees hope in children.
The final provocation invites readers to find answers to the
question what would it take to eliminate poverty in the world?
"Provocations for Development" will be enjoyed by development
professionals, including academics, students, NGO workers and the
staff of international agencies, as well as the wider public."
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