Open AccessPeter Oakley et al. Projects with People: The Practice of Participation in Rural Development. Geneva: International Labour Office. 1991. xv+294 pp.Price: Swiss Francs 32.50.
Author(s) -
Mir Annice Mahmood
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v31i2pp.210-212
Subject(s) - process (computing) , politics , population , inclusion (mineral) , rural development , economic growth , control (management) , happening , developing country , political science , sociology , development economics , economics , social science , law , geography , management , history , agriculture , demography , computer science , archaeology , performance art , art history , operating system
Round about the mid-1970s it came to be realised that thefruits of development were not being distributed widely. In fact, in agrowing number of instances, the benefits of development were beinglimited to the elites in the developing countries - the vast majority ofthe population was being side-stepped. As a consequence of thishappening, questions began to be raised: Why had such a situationdeveloped? One possible and quite plausible answer was that thedevelopment process had ignored people's participation. This, then,became the keyword. Two strands of thinking developed from the use ofthis word: the first highlighted the inclusion of human resources in theprocess of development; the second was more political in nature becausepoor people have very little say in the matters that influence theirearning ability. To surmount this situation requires a structural changeby which the poor can be directly included in the development process,so that they will gain some control over the resources, which would thenenable them to have a higher standard of living.