Endogenous Development: Naïve Romanticism or Practical Route to Sustainable African Development

Endogenous Development: Naïve Romanticism or Practical Route to Sustainable African Development
ISBN-10
1317385691
ISBN-13
9781317385691
Category
Science
Pages
322
Language
English
Published
2017-10-02
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Chiku Malunga, Susan H. Holcombe

Description

Western ideas, worldviews, actors, tools, models, and frameworks have long dominated development theory and practice in Africa. The resulting development interventions are too rarely locally rooted, locally driven, or resonant with local context. At the same time, theories and practices from developing countries rarely travel to the Western agencies dominating development, undermining the possibility of a beneficial synergy that could be obtained from the best of both worlds. There are many reasons why the experiences of locally driven development are not communicated back to global development actors, including, but not limited to, the marginal role of Southern voices in global forums. This volume gives a platform to authentic African voices and non-African collaborators, to explore what endogenous development means, how it can be implemented, and how an endogenous development approach can shape local, national and global policies. This book was originally published as a special issue of Development in Practice.

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