Development in Practice: Paved with Good Intentions - Softcover

Porter, Doug; Etc.; Allen, Bryant; Thompson, Gaye

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415066263 ISBN 13: 9780415066266

Publisher: Routledge, 1991

Synopsis

This is the story of a major aid project: how it was organized, what it was meant to achieve and why it failed spectacularly. It challenges many of the assumptions and generalizations about development by placing them in a specific context, and provides fresh insights for anyone involved in the development process. The authors describe events on a large Australian aid-funded rural development project, the Magarini Settlement Project in Coast Province, Kenya. While they consider why this project failed to fulfil even its minimum goals, they focus on what Magarini has in common with other development projects. They show how Magarini is symptomatic of current practice, and they argue for a more pluralistic approach to development planning. The text draws extensively on interviews, field diaries and file documentation.

About this title

Product Description

The Magarini Settlement Project in Kenya is typical of many large Third World rural development projects of recent years, not least in its failure to fulfil even minimum goals. First published in 1991, Development in Practice explores the reasons for this projects failure, and looks at the lessons to be learned from this experience for development in general. Challenging many assumptions and approaches, its provocative conclusions will generate much interest amongst development practitioners.

About the Author

Senior Governance Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415066263
• ISBN 13: 9780415066266
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288