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Power, Poverty, and Knowledge – Reflecting on 50 Years of Learning with Robert Chambers
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-31)Robert Chambers is one of the most influential and prolific scholars to write about participation, poverty, and knowledge in development studies. His writing and thinking have revolutionised the discipline, inspiring both ... -
Notes on Contributors: Power, Poverty, and Knowledge – Reflecting on 50 Years of Learning with Robert Chambers
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-31)This is the Notes on Contributors for IDS Bulletin 54.1A: Power, Poverty, and Knowledge – Reflecting on 50 Years of Learning with Robert Chambers. -
Introduction: Power, Poverty, and Knowledge – Reflecting on 50 Years of Learning with Robert Chambers
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-31)Robert Chambers is one of the most influential and prolific scholars to write about participation, poverty, and knowledge in development studies. His books, chapters, and papers have revolutionised the discipline, inspiring ... -
Robert Chambers and the IDS Bulletin – Some Reflections for Now and the Future
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-31)From our leadership positions in the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and in the Editorial Steering Group of the IDS Bulletin, it is a pleasure and a privilege to add a note of introduction to this Archive Collection ... -
Looking Back to Move Development Forward – A Fireside Chat with Robert Chambers
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-31)This Archive Collection focuses on the articles contributed by Robert Chambers to the IDS Bulletin over the years, which explore various development dilemmas. In the spirit of participation, learning, and reflection (which ... -
Managing Rural Development
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-31)This research, which was mainly concerned with the design and testing of management procedures for use by government servants in rural areas in Kenya, was carried out during 1971–73 in collaboration with Deryke Beishaw of ... -
Bureaucratic Reversals and Local Diversity
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-31)Normal bureaucracy tends to centralise, standardise and simplify, and to serve better those people and places that are less poor and more accessible. Field bureaucracies have done well (a) where simple standardised programmes ... -
In Search of Professionalism, Bureaucracy and Sustainable Livelihoods for the 21st Century
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-31)In the 21st century, vastly more people will need to gain sustainable livelihoods in difficult environments. For this, changes are needed on the part of outsiders – professionals, officials, and others – who have overlooked ... -
The Self-Deceiving State
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-31)While change accelerates in rural conditions in the South, professionalism and bureaucracy are buffered against change. In their top‐down mode they produce and promote standard programmes, packages, and technologies. Rural ... -
All Power Deceives
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-31)Explanations of errors in past development theory and practice include changes in development conditions in professional norms and in modes of learning. How a fourth dimension, power, contributes to error is illustrated ... -
Transforming Power: From Zero-Sum to Win-Win?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-31)This article argues that there is nothing inherently bad about power over others – it depends on how it is used; that in many ways power over others does not have to be a zero-sum game; and that perspectives and strategies ... -
Sharing and Co-Generating Knowledges: Reflections on Experiences with PRA and CLTS
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-31)The evolution and spread of PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal or Participatory Reflection and Action) and CLTS (Community‐Led Total Sanitation) have involved activities of sharing and co‐generating knowledge which can ... -
Indigenous Technical Knowledge: Analysis, Implications and Issues
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-31)This review of the discussions of a workshop analyses Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK), examines its potential for rural development, and outlines implications and issues. ITK is compared with institutionally organised ... -
Glossary: Power, Poverty, and Knowledge – Reflecting on 50 Years of Learning with Robert Chambers
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-31)This is the Glossary for IDS Bulletin 54.1A: Power, Poverty, and Knowledge – Reflecting on 50 Years of Learning with Robert Chambers. -
Process Tracing Innovations in Practice: Finding the Middle Path
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-27)Evaluation practitioners in the international development sector have given considerable attention in recent years to process tracing as a method for evaluating impact, including discussion of how to assess the relative ... -
Spaces of Exclusion and Neglect: The Impact of COVID-19 on People With Disabilities in Bangladesh, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, and Uganda
(SAGE, 2023-03-06)This research investigates how COVID-19 has affected experiences of people with disabilities in low- and middle-income contexts. A qualitative approach was used to collect data as the pandemic progressed from 75 participants ... -
Arts Interventions for Sustainable Sanitation and Resource Recovery
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-20)Many countries in the global South declare regions to be open defecation free (ODF), but they must still address significant sanitation, wastewater, and faecal sludge management challenges. Climate uncertainty, water ... -
Achieving Disability Inclusive Employment – Are the Current Approaches Deep Enough?
(2022-07-29)Diverse approaches to promoting disability inclusive employment aim to transform workplaces into truly inclusive environments, usually with intervention strategies targeting two main groups: employers and jobseekers with ... -
Researching Local Subjectivities in Contested Contexts: Using Intersecting Methodologies to Understand Large Green-Energy Projects in Kenya
(SAGE, 2022-10-07)This article critically reflects on the use of an ‘intersecting methodologies’ approach to generate understanding of the diverse experiences of people living near contested large green energy projects in Kenya. Local ... -
Digital Merchant Payments as a Medium of Tax Compliance
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03)Consumers in Africa increasingly pay for their purchases through mobile money, especially since the pandemic. These transactions are known as digital merchant payments. Rwandan consumers can choose between using standard ...
