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_bCHA
100 _aChambers, Robert.
245 _aWhose reality counts? : putting the first last
260 _aLondon
_bIntermediate technology publications
_c1997
300 _axix, 297p.
500 _aThis book is the outcome of collective effort. It originates in the field experience, innovations, research and writings of many people in NGOs, government organizations and universities.
504 _a1. The challenge to change a. An overview b. Accelerating change c. Polarization: overclass and underclass d. An evolving consensus e. The power and will to act f. The challenge to change 2. Normal error a. Errors: embedded or embraced ? b. Macro-policy c. Integrated Rural development programs d. Beliefs about food and famine e. Post-harvest losses of grain f. Animal drawn wheeled toolcarriers g. Woodfuel forecasts h. People and the environment i. The puzzle: why were we wrong ? j. The puzzle and the challenge 3. Professional realities a. Normal professional status b. Things and people c. Measurement d. Reductionism: simplifying the complex e. Economics: culture and cult f. The professional prison 4. The transfer of reality a. Realities b. Top-down: uppers and lowers, North and South c. Normal teaching d. Normal(succesful) careers e. Normal development bureaucracy
650 _aRRA-PRA
650 _aAgriculture
942 _cBKS
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