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The Characteristics of Locally Led Development in the Pacific
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Abstract There is a growing recognition of the effectiveness of locally led processes of social change and development. However, most of the case studies that have been discussed in the literature are focused on programs run by international development agencies. This article examines three locally led proce... mehr
There is a growing recognition of the effectiveness of locally led processes of social change and development. However, most of the case studies that have been discussed in the literature are focused on programs run by international development agencies. This article examines three locally led processes of change in the Pacific. These include the Simbo for Change Initiative in the Solomon Islands, the Voice in Papua New Guinea and a regional process led by the Green Growth Coalition. We explore how local understandings of leadership, preferences for informal ways of working, holistic ways of thinking, the importance placed upon maintaining good relationships and collective deliberation fundamentally shaped each of the cases. We note how these preferences and ways of working are often seen, or felt, to be at odds with western modes of thought and the practice of development agencies. Finally, we conclude by exploring how these initiatives were supported by external agencies, and suggest further research of this type might provide benchmarks by which Pacific citizens can hold their governments and development agencies to account.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Pazifischer Raum; regionale Entwicklung; sozialer Wandel; Entwicklungsförderung; Regionalpolitik
Klassifikation
Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Pacific; coalitions; development; developmental leadership; livelihoods; local development; politics
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 136-146
Zeitschriftentitel
Politics and Governance, 8 (2020) 4
Heftthema
Leadership and Political Change in Asia-Pacific
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)