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Peer reviewedNjoh, Ambe J. – Community Development Journal, 2002
A community water supply project in Cameroon illustrates the following constraints on community participation in development: paternalistic authorities, prescriptive role of the state, selective participation, bias toward "hard" issues, inattention to negative results, group conflicts, gatekeeping, pressure for immediate results,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Planning, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedAdejunmobi, A. – Community Development Journal, 1990
A study of three Nigerian villages produced the following suggestions for improving the problems facing rural community development: democratic participative decision making, care in project selection, government incentives, promotion of adult literacy, and well-trained community workers. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Participative Decision Making
Peer reviewedRutherford, Andy – Community Development Journal, 1987
The case study examines the work of a coalition between certain women's groups in India and a nongovernmental charitable trust. The mission of the coalition is to empower Indian women, who generally possess neither land nor power, to care for their livestock. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Animal Husbandry, Community Development, Developing Nations
