TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burkey,Stan
TI  - People first: a guide to self-reliant participatory rural development 
SN  - 1856490815
AV  - HN49.C6 B87 1993
U1  - 307.1412 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - London, Atlantic Highlands, N.J.
PB  - Zed Books
KW  - Rural development
KW  - Developing countries
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-238) and index; Abbreviations --; Preface --; Introduction --; Pt. I; Analysis --; 1; Understanding Poverty --; Basic Needs and Poverty --; What are the Causes of Poverty? --; Analysing Poverty --; 2; What is Development? --; Theories of Development --; Recent Trends in Development Thinking --; Development from Below - People First --; 3; Self-Reliant Participatory Development --; What is a Community? --; Social and Cultural Change --; What is Self-Reliance? --; What do We Mean by Participation? --; Participatory Development and the Time Factor --; Pt. II; Action --; 4; Agents of Change --; What Part can Development Agencies Play? --; What is a Change Agent? --; The Role --; Formal Qualifications --; The Staying Power of Change Agents --; 5; The Training and Support of Change Agents --; Participatory Training --; Follow-up and Support --; Organisation and Leadership --; 6; Getting Started --; Preparatory Studies --; Planning and Proposals --; Programme Monitoring --; 7; Working with People --; The Dialogical Method --; What is an Interest Group? --; How Groups are Formed --; Group Activities --; Common Causes of Failure --; Summing Up --; 8; External Relationships: Inside Looking Out --; Local Elites and the Power Structure --; Government Officials --; Combining with Other Groups --; Dilemmas of Participatory Development --; 9; Savings, Credit and Inputs: Essential Components --; Factors of Production --; External Credit --; Donations and Matching Grants --; Introducing New Technologies --; Pt. III; Reflection --; 10; Objectives and Principles of Self-Reliant Participatory Development --; The Objectives --; Basic Principles --; 11; Two Steps Forward, One Step Back --; Two Steps Forward --; One Step Back. --; Stepping Out --; Appendix: Questions for Discussion --; References --; Index
ER  -