Can We Know Better?: Reflections for Development

by Robert Chambers

Book Overview

This book is intended for all who are committed to human wellbeing and who want to make our world fairer, safer and more fulfilling for everyone, especially those who are 'last'. It argues that to do better we need to know better. It provides evidence that what we believe we know in international development is often distorted or unbalanced by errors, myths, biases and blind spots. Undue weight has been attached to standardised methodologies such...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853399442
• ISBN13: 9781853399442
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"