na INLIS000000000004873 20260317101706 0010-0326000039 ta 260317 g 0 eng 9780582644434 338.43 338.43 ROB r Robert Chambers Rural Development Putting the Last First cet 7 London : Longman Group, 1989 246 hlm : ilus ; 13,5x21 cm rural The extremes of rural poverty in the Third World are an outrage. Starting with this uncompromising statement, the author challenges preconceptions dominating rural development. The central theme of the book is that rural poverty is often unseen or misperceived by outsiders. those who are not themselves rural and poor. Dr Cham-bers contends that researchers, scientists, administra-tors and fieldworkers rarely appreciate the richness and validity or rural people's knowledge, or the hidden nature of rural poverty. He argues for a new profession-alism, with fundamental reversals in outsiders' learn-ing, values and behaviour, and proposes more realistic action for tackling rural poverty 4479/HD/2026