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Increasing ProductionIncreasing ProductionFirst, Some Fundamentals


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Know

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Development approaches


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Development Approaches

Top Down

Bottom Up

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The acrobatics

Top down

Design a communication weapon so

without fail.

Intervener Target client

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The acrobatics

Bottom up

A communication tool reflecting sound

needs and opportunities

Intervener Target

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The acrobatics

Top down

Does not allow upward

Bottom up

Over emphasizescommun ca on.

Target as passive

recipient

par c pa on, oca now e geetc.

Consider target as innovator

and entrepreneur

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The result is

The bottom approach leads to a clientservice which is effective but does not

introduce changes.

The top down approach leads to changebut with no effect.

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Some Take-homes..

Both can work

Both are effective

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Sustainability differs

It depends on communitys status

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Can you tell ??

Why democracy in Nepal is yet to have its

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so roo s


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Recapitulationpl.

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Thanks !

Assignment: (group exercise, N=4; ppt presentation)

Why do our development projects fail ?

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Methods of Intervening

Emancipatory

Formative

Informative Commercial

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Increasing Rural Production

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Paternalism

Of the give away

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Of doing things for people


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Paternalism of Give Away..

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Paternalism of Give Away..Its detrimental; Why ???

Feeling of incapability /

inadequacy

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and subservience

Self help project becomes difficult

Creates / widen division


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Its detrimental; Why ???

People becomeaccustomed

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to give away and in-fact startexpecting .


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Its detrimental; Why ???

Blinds people to the needof solving their ownproblems.

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Can also divert peoplesattention from underlyingproblems.


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Detrimental for programme ???

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It is monstrously expensive.


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Can hide peoples

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n erence


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Destroys the possibility of ever being amultiplier effect.

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Paternalism of doing things

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Paternalism of doing things

More widespread and

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less often recognised as being harmful


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This too is detrimental.

Suffers from many of the problems of

its better known cousin.

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Seldom achieves permanence


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This too is detrimental.

People lose opportunity

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obviously, cant teachothers.


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But the question is.

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Why and how is this continuing ?


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But the question is.

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And, can we do away with these ?


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