Rural Development Putting the Last First

Rural Development Putting the Last First Robert Chambers text London Longman Group 1989 cet 7 eng 246 hlm : ilus ; 13,5x21 cm 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 rural 338.43 338.43 ROB r 9780582644434 260317 20260317101706 INLIS000000000004873 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.106 2014/12/19)