Indigenous Organizations and Development (Studies in Indigenous Knowledge and Development) - Softcover

 
9781853393211: Indigenous Organizations and Development (Studies in Indigenous Knowledge and Development)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1853393215 ISBN 13: 9781853393211
Publisher: Practical Action Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

Indigenous organizations are local-level institutions with a community base, such as women's groups, ethnic associations, traditional religious groups, and a wide variety of other social groups.

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About the Authors

From 2008 to November 2011, Peter Blunt held a senior (level GH) staff position with the World Bank in Jakarta, as programme manager of the multi-donor Decentralisation Support Facility that is supporting the government’s programme of decentralisation. He is a consultant specialising in governance and public sector management in developing countries. He is currently a Freelance consultant at Blunt and Associates P/L, Sydney, Australia.

Professor Dennis Michael Warren was an anthropologist and leading Africanist scholar who taught at Iowa State University from 1972 to1997. Professor Warren was especially interested in indigenous knowledge and rural development in Africa. His interest in indigenous knowledge led him to the study of art, culture, the rural economy and traditional healing in Ghana and Nigeria and to comparative studies of other societies.

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Publisher
Practical Action Publishing
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1853393215
ISBN 13 
9781853393211
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
272
Editor
Blunt Peter, Warren D Michael