What does development mean for you?
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Facilitating positive changes in developing countries
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Using local resources and improve conditions
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To focus on certain issues/ population groups one at a time
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Learning from others and transfering and sharing knowledge in the community
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Assess the needs of local community (what they perceive as needs- consensus of the local community)
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Increasing consumption potential (standard of living)
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Integration into world liberal economy
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Incorporating productive values to people
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Value-added production
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Increase equity in resources
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Decrease deeply rooted racial and gender discrimination (caste system) & stereotypes
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Identify institutional resources already working in area and maximize resources
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Help people be open to development (vs. resistance to change)
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A process of using a skill-set and collaboration
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First step to development-> educating people about development
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Belief in development vs. taking action
- People "deserving" rights
- Interdependence in development
- Remittances more significant than ODA
- Internationally accepted rights should be applied regardless of culture
- Participatory development approach, including all actors and stakeholders also from a gender perspective
- Overcoming the tendency of groups to compete vs. cooperate
- Keeping up with changes in the government & society
- Increasing voice of disadvantaged groups
- Disseminating & celebrating best practices
- Increased political participation
- Building a legal capacity (traditional or western) to battle "elite bias", informing people of those rules
- Access to credit
- Environmentally sustainable development
- Importance to consider security situation (conflicts)
