Development Poverty and Politics - Martin, Richard; Mathema, Ashna
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The current practices of formulating and providing development aid often fail to substantively improve the long term conditions of the poor. Policies are established at the top and local initiatives and needs cannot be effectively addressed. Conventional project management principles prevent the spontaneity and responsiveness that might allow the program to respond to local needs. This book argues for a bottom-up approach to development and demonstrates that suitable systems can be developed which will yield faster and more sustainable results. By providing specific and practical examples,…mehr

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The current practices of formulating and providing development aid often fail to substantively improve the long term conditions of the poor. Policies are established at the top and local initiatives and needs cannot be effectively addressed. Conventional project management principles prevent the spontaneity and responsiveness that might allow the program to respond to local needs. This book argues for a bottom-up approach to development and demonstrates that suitable systems can be developed which will yield faster and more sustainable results. By providing specific and practical examples, this book helps practitioners to apply these insights to their own work, while also helping theoreticians and students to develop a strong analytical framework on the subject.
Autorenporträt
Richard Martin is an architect/town planner who became engaged with informal settlements when he started working in Zambia in the 1960s. He taught in the field of sites and services and upgrading at Bouwcentrum International Education. He has written widely and worked in many countries in Africa in the field of housing and informal settlements. Ashna Mathema is a city planner/architect specializing in low-income housing and urban development. Her work in informal and underserviced settlements spans 20 countries, mostly in Africa, and East and South Asia. Through in-depth field work and personal interviews with local residents, she draws on their aspirations, struggles, and successes to establish a development process that is participatory and more responsive to their needs.