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Working Paper

IDS Working Papers;14

NGOs and Development: The Primacy of the Personal

Published on 1 June 1994

Experience with PRA suggests that a reversal of the normally dominant behaviour and attitudes of outsiders is crucial for participatory development.

To what extent would such changes resolve the problems of performance and accountability which currently concern so many NGOs?

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Chambers, R (1994) NGOs and Development: The Primacy of the Personal, IDS Working Paper 14, Brighton: IDS

Authors

Robert Chambers

Emeritus Fellow and Research Associate

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published by
IDS
authors
Chambers, Robert
journal
IDS Working Paper, issue 14
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1 85864 077 6
language
English

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