Starting from a critical review of conventional approaches, the book chronicles the emergence of a new paradigm marked by a focus on sustainable agriculture and the role of civil society and local institutions in development and environment management. It is argued that the conventional project mode of operation, with its short time frame and unrealistic attempts to deal with uncertainties through the exercise of control, is no longer viable. Funders must become genuine stakeholders with long-term time perspectives, and evaluation must replace appraisal as the key procedure for resource allocation. This, it is suggested, would allow rural development practitioners to work in a participatory, gender-sensitive, holistic manner, evolving their strategy and organization to make the maximum possible contribution to positive and sustainable developmental processes. The end-result of such an approach would be to put ordinary rural people in control of the process, with development agencies playing a supporting role. The book links together advances in content, approach and organization to provide an integrated new framework for development practice. It provides detailed coverage of a wide range of policy issues and of the implications of the new paradigm for each of the different types of organization involved in rural development. It is concluded that most need to change substantially, and a range of agendas for development practice, management and policy into the 21st century are set out.
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