People's Participation in Development


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Papers presented at the national seminar on People's participation in development.




Projects with People


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People's participation has begun to influence the practice of development substantially. This study provides an interpretation of how participation occurs, uses case studies to highlight various approaches, and develops elements of a strategy and a methodology.




Participatory Pathways: People's Participation in Development Initiatives


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Participatory Pathways: People’s Participation in Development Initiatives aims to create awareness about the issues that need to be tackled, provide a grassroots perspective of the promise and perils of participatory pathways and a glimpse of the role people's participation can play in building a better world. Covering topics like grassroots governance, gender and ethics, enabling frameworks, and participatory planning, this book draws attention to participation’s promise while emphasizing the need to take cognizance of the obstacles in the way.







People's Participation in Development Projects


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Participation has emerged as an alternative paradigm of development. This overview paper on participation identifies what have been the main lines of thinking and the more concrete elements in the practice of participation in development projects since the mid-1980s.










People's Participation


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Assessing Participatory Development


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This book was shaped by ten years of International Fund for Agricultural Development's experience on innovative approaches to people's participation in development. Its critical assessment of the participatory approach explains how it works, its benefits and the pitfalls it harbours for the unwary.