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View article: Indigenous Technical Knowledge: Analysis, Implications and Issues
Indigenous Technical Knowledge: Analysis, Implications and Issues Open
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 science and tech…
View article: All Power Deceives
All Power Deceives Open
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 by three case studi…
View article: Transforming Power: From Zero-Sum to Win-Win?
Transforming Power: From Zero-Sum to Win-Win? Open
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 for transforming…
View article: Looking Back to Move Development Forward – A Fireside Chat with Robert Chambers
Looking Back to Move Development Forward – A Fireside Chat with Robert Chambers Open
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 have been such p…
View article: Power, Poverty, and Knowledge – Reflecting on 50 Years of Learning with Robert Chambers
Power, Poverty, and Knowledge – Reflecting on 50 Years of Learning with Robert Chambers Open
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 participatory pro…
View article: Bureaucratic Reversals and Local Diversity
Bureaucratic Reversals and Local Diversity Open
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 have found un…
View article: COVID-19 risk, attitudes and behaviour study (CRAB study): A knowledge, attitudes, and practise qualitative study of COVID-19 in the Royal Navy
COVID-19 risk, attitudes and behaviour study (CRAB study): A knowledge, attitudes, and practise qualitative study of COVID-19 in the Royal Navy Open
Introduction Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 onboard maritime platforms spread rapidly and have high attack rates. The aim of the COVID-19 Risk, Attitudes and Behaviour (CRAB) study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practises in the…
View article: Farmer-First: Achieving Sustainable Dryland Development in Africa
Farmer-First: Achieving Sustainable Dryland Development in Africa Open
Food surpluses had depressed world prices, by creating a glut on the market. With the exception of Bangladesh, the most populous agricultural countries of Asia - Burma, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand – had …
View article: Convening and Facilitating Rapid Action Learning Workshops for the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G)
Convening and Facilitating Rapid Action Learning Workshops for the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G) Open
These guidance notes intend to inform and support all who seek to sponsor, convene, facilitate and report on Rapid Action Learning (RAL) workshops anywhere in India and to contribute to the quality, sustainability and timely implementation…
View article: Indigenous Technical Knowledge: Analysis, Implications and Issues
Indigenous Technical Knowledge: Analysis, Implications and Issues Open
This review of the discussions of a workshop analyses indigenous technical knowledge (ITK), examines its potential for rural
\ndevelopment, and outlines implications and issues. ITK is compared with institutionally organised science and te…
View article: Modeling air pollutant removal, carbon storage, and CO2 sequestration potential of urban forests in Scotlandville, Louisiana, USA
Modeling air pollutant removal, carbon storage, and CO2 sequestration potential of urban forests in Scotlandville, Louisiana, USA Open
Understanding an urban forest’s structure, function, and value can promote management decisions that will improve environmental quality and human health. Using i-Tree Eco software and its sampling and data collection protocol, an assessmen…
View article: Norms, Knowledge and Usage
Norms, Knowledge and Usage Open
The consistent usage of toilets has emerged as a major and growing
\nproblem, especially in India. Some members of a household with a
\ntoilet do not use it at all, while others use it only some of the time. This
\ncan start as soon as a t…
View article: Sustainability and CLTS: Taking Stock
Sustainability and CLTS: Taking Stock Open
Each of three overlapping phases in the history of CLTS has presented its own major features, preoccupations and priorities: 1. Early growth and acceptance. Creativity, rapid learning, credibility. Refining methods, start-ups in countries,…
View article: pyDEM: Global Digital Elevation Model Analysis
pyDEM: Global Digital Elevation Model Analysis Open
Hydrological terrain analysis is important for applications such as environmental resource, agriculture, and flood risk management. It is based on processing of high-resolution, tiled digital elevation model (DEM) data for geographic regio…