Grassroots Development

Question 1

Chambers (1997)

Answer 1

Wider and more powerful changes are required if the realities of the poor are to receive greater recognition

Question 2

Cooke and Kothari (2001)

Answer 2

Participatory development, taking part in development

a set of development ideas that must be sustained locally in order for success through links to the wider policy progress

BOTTUM UP

Question 3

Desai and Potter (2014)

Answer 3

Governance is more important than ever due to massive inequalities

governance can help regulate and offer some level of consistency to the global market

Question 4

Dill (2009)

Answer 4

Increased participation of people in global south through local organisations, leading to development

Institutions must be local, legitimate, and inclusive to have any success and increase citizen roles in development

Question 5

Mercer (1999)

Answer 5

Issues arising at both national and local levels demonstrate that state-society relations are characterised by unequal patterns of participation

this suggests that NGOs may intact be contributing towards the proaction of inequality

Question 6

Mohan and Stokke (2000)

Answer 6

Focus has shifted towards participation and empowerment in development practice

stronger focus still needed on the local as inequalities are underplayed on a larger scale

Question 7

Williams et al (2014)

Answer 7

Grassroots offers the possibility of development alternatives

human scaled development

tailor made development, takes into consideration the people

Question 8

Willis (2011)

Answer 8

Decentralisation of development is ultimately the best when producing long lasting development strategies