{"id":2312,"date":"2011-05-20T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info-libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/?p=2312"},"modified":"2023-07-12T16:09:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T16:09:42","slug":"1994","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/2011\/05\/20\/1994\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 134 – 1994: Participatory Development Tool Kit: Training Materials for Agencies & Communities by Deepa Narayan and Lyra Srinivasan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Published: Washington, D.C., 1994<\/p>\n

Since its inception in 1944, the World Bank has been providing financial support to reduce poverty in developing countries throughout the world.<\/p>\n

The concept of \u201cparticipatory development\u201d dates to the 1970s and arose from research largely funded by the World Bank. As this kit\u2019s foreword explains, the idea is founded upon the basic premise that \u201cthe effectiveness of efforts to alleviate poverty will be significantly enhanced by the active engagement of the people and communities affected at all stages in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

To that end, this tool kit contains twenty-five activities designed to engage local communities in their own development. One activity, for example, is designed \u201cto help community members learn a new way to assess and analyze their situation with regard to water supply and sanitation services.\u201d Another helps the community understand how disease can spread as a result of improper water use and sanitation. \u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

While the authors admit that they developed these activities with water and sanitation needs in mind, they do note that they could be applied to any number of community development aspects. Whether it\u2019s sanitation, farming, or healthcare, the creators\u2019 premise remains the same: actual engagement with the local community works better than simply dropping off a truckload of supplies.<\/p>\n

The kit itself is as novel and functional as the idea of participatory development. The activity materials, which include a variety of photographs, drawings, and charts, are stored in folders conveniently labeled according to their corresponding activities. To prevent the loss of materials, the folders themselves are attached to the base of a folding suitcase covered with decorated cloth.<\/p>\n

Find it in the library<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Published: Washington, D.C., 1994 Since its inception in 1944, the World Bank has been providing financial support to reduce poverty in developing countries throughout the world. The concept of \u201cparticipatory development\u201d dates to the 1970s and arose from research largely funded by the World Bank. As this kit\u2019s foreword explains, the idea is founded upon the basic premise that \u201cthe effectiveness of efforts to alleviate poverty will be significantly enhanced by the active engagement of the people and communities affected at all stages in the process.\u201d To that end, this tool kit contains twenty-five activities designed to engage local communities […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":false,"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-years"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2312"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4325,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions\/4325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}