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Title:Trends in Participatory Development
Author:Dipholo, Kenneth B.ISNI
Year:2002
Periodical:Journal of Social Development in Africa (ISSN 1012-1080)
Volume:17
Issue:1
Period:January
Pages:59-79
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:development
popular participation
Development and Technology
Economics, Commerce
development planning
Social participation
Poverty alleviation
Abstract:Participatory development planning has increasingly gained centre stage in the development process in Africa. In advocating the involvement of community members in the process of development, participatory development as a movement has become so obsessed with the concept that it is presented as a religious theory. Yet by virtue of its broad nature, participation means different things to different people and the term is, therefore, wide open to misinterpretation. This article provides insights into the changing focus of developmental theories and the scope and focus of participatory development, together with the problems. It describes a case study (the adoption of the participatory rural appraisal model in Botswana) to illustrate the divide between 'participation' and what actually happens in practice, and advocates pragmatism in development theory. Bibliogr., sum.
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