Back to the Basics

Fuchaka Waswa, Christine Ruth Saru Kilalo and Dominic Mwambi Mwasaru
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Fuchaka Waswa: Kenyatta University

Chapter 6 in Sustainable Community Development: Dilemma of Options in Kenya, 2014, pp 141-147 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Back to the basics is a reminder that history has valuable lessons to use for future development. This chapter summarizes the key lessons in sustainable community development by outlining approach or strategy is likely to work and which may not work. As a fundamental principle “poor” people know why they are poor and are therefore better placed to free themselves from poverty ratchets. Government and other external development partners should unlearn their long-held assumptions on development and instead learn from the poor on simple and practical ways of eradicating poverty. Target communities should take responsibility for their own development, while government and other external actors play facilitation roles only.

Keywords: community tacit knowledge; sustainability; unlearning assumptions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137497413_6

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