Decentralization and the Politics of Participation in Planning: Lessons from Community Based Rural Land Development Project in Malawi - Softcover

Chilinde, Gilbert Precious

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3659254916 ISBN 13: 9783659254918

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

The main argument in this book is that decentralization and participation are incremental, sequential and learning processes out of which gains are collected and errors improved upon justifying their judgement after they have been tried and given sufficient time to stabilize and bear fruits. Using the Community Based Rural Land Development Project (CBRLDP) as a case study, the book assesses the impact of decentralized and participatory planning in a poverty reduction oriented development programme in Machinga District in Malawi. It shows that given access to land, improved technical capacity, functional markets, an enabling political and socio-cultural environment, land reforms geared at resettling the land poor can transform livelihoods through increased food and cash crop production and access to social infrastructure services. It concludes that in planning community based and driven development projects in a multi-party and multi-cultural environment, political and cultural factors have to be taken into account to avoid excluding rightful beneficiaries in targeted interventions.

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About the Author

MSc, MA is a Regional Development Planning and Management Specialist, a Principal Physical Planner in the Department of Physical Planning in Malawi.Author of other two books: Fighting against HIV/AIDS with Nutrition: Lessons from Malawi and Urban Community Driven Development: Voices of the Poor from Lilongwe City (Lambert Academic Publishing 2012)

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659254916
• ISBN 13: 9783659254918
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80