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From the Ground Up: Case Studies in Community Empowerment

Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports On-line edition: Free of Charge Hardcopy price: $35.00 ISBN: 978-971-561-679-9 Publication Date: May 2008 New

The book is a collection of colorfully written stories about eight projects with strong participatory components. Drawing extensively on the uplifting personal stories of project beneficiaries, the book reveals the challenges confronted when adopting a participatory approach toward the use of public resources. Yet it also points to the substantially positive results that can be achieved when those challenges are overcome through the involvement and commitment of motivated beneficiaries, nongovernment organizations, governments at different levels, and international development agencies.

From the Ground Up brings attention to the accomplishments of communities that have seized the opportunity to improve their situation, stimulates appreciation for the rich potential of bottom-up approaches to development, and inspires thinking about how practices featured in the publication can be usefully applied in other contexts. Projects in the following countries are featured: India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, People's Republic of China, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, and Viet Nam.

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