Development and change — two separate, but often intersecting, processes

Broad social processes – who are the winners and losers?

• economic globalization
• technology transfer
• militarization
• free trade

Identifying problems

• Emic and etic perspectives
  • Understanding the accounts of people on the ground
  • Understanding the bigger picture, the sorts of processes that many locals can’t fully see in their lived experiences
  • Combining the two into a planning process

Assessing problems (from Young’s planning article)

• Practical needs/interests
• Strategic interests
  • control of women’s labor
  • access to resources
  • ending male violence, control of women’s sexuality
• Transformatory potential

Some development design principles

• Grassroots participation
• Sustainability
• Collective action
• Flexibility
• Scalability
• Social capital and local knowledge
• Leverage
• Appropriate technology
• Transparency
• Transformatory potential
• Institutionalizing change