Practicing Development : : Upending Assumptions for Positive Change / / ed. by Marion Howard, Susan H. Holcombe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• MitwirkendeR: Agardy, Tundi,; Ariyaratne, Vinya,; Dichter, Thomas,; Ellsworth, Joshua,; Gupta, Pallavi,; Holcombe, Sarah Jane,; Holcombe, Susan H.,; Howard, Fanny R.,; Howard, Marion,; Kamau, Esther,; Lei, Lu,; Madrigal Bulnes, Agustin,; Newball, Rixcie,; Odembo, Elkanah,; Offenheiser, Raymond,; Savage Tejada, Andrea,; Simon, Laurence,; Velasquez Donaldson, Christian,
• HerausgeberIn: Holcombe, Susan H.,; Howard, Marion,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1. Practicing Development --; 2. Good Intentions and the Reality of Development Practice --; 3. What Does Lasting Development Look Like? --; Part 1. Reflecting on Development Practice --; 4. The Journey from Practice to Learning --; 5. On Learning and Practicing Development --; 6. The Business of Aid --; 7. Courage Is the Cornerstone of Progress --; 8. Environmentally Conscious Development --; 9. Reimagining Development Practice --; Part 2. Turning Development Around --; 10. Empathy: A Missing Link --; 11. Devolution: An Opportunity for Sustainable Development --; 12. Collective Action and Happy Accidents: Lessons from a Central Mexico Watershed --; 13. African NGOs: Potential to Make Sustainable Change --; 14. National Execution: China’s Approach to Local Development --; 15. Global Frameworks: Using International Law and Civic Action --; 16 From Local to Global: Four Microcases --; Part 3. Preparing Development Practitioners --; 17. Drawing Lessons from Reflection and Practice --; 18. Educating Development Practitioners for Positive Change --; References --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685857165; 9783110783544
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685857165
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Marion Howard, Susan H. Holcombe.

Bridges the gap between academia and the world of practice to address challenges and propose concrete steps toward more equitable, effective, and lasting development.