The poor have the potential to change their destiny and end poverty, if they are organised, save their resources and hone their skills. These three principles form the cornerstone of Shoaib Sultan ...

In-depth analysis of efforts to induce “bottom up” civic engagement in development reveals valuable lessons. Locally-managed projects to improve services and empower poor people are a vital mode of ...

This chapter delineates the evolution of two contested, closely related concepts in development ethics – empowerment and participatory development. While empowerment originated in radical feminist ...

I recently had the pleasure of talking with Martin Burt during the launch of his book Who Owns Poverty at IDS. The book describes a new social innovation tool ‘the Poverty Stoplight’, developed by ...

We are pleased to announce that this course from the Participation Cluster will run again and is now open for applications. The course first ran in January 2016 and was very well received. Running ...

Participatory design in urban infrastructure development is a collaborative methodology that brings together planners, engineers, community members and other stakeholders to shape the planning, ...

There is great potential to take a bottom-up approach to development planning in the drylands that includes the knowledge, input, and support of dryland communities. To date, pastoralists have had ...