Creative capacity development : learning to adapt in development practice / Jenny Pearson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearson, Jenny.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development--Cambodia.

Community development.

VBNK (Organization : Cambodia).

Postwar reconstruction--Cambodia.

Postwar reconstruction.

Economic assistance--Cambodia.

Economic assistance.

Technical assistance--Cambodia.

Technical assistance.

Cambodia.

Physical Description:

xx, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2011.

Summary:

The development community seems constantly and restlessly in search of a singular approach that will "solve" poverty, unveiling new buzzwords every few years only to toss them aside. Author Jenny Pearson argues that the fundamental flaw with this system is that each new approach fails to break out of the underlying technocratic and specialized paradigm in development work. As Director of Cambodia's leading capacity-building NGO, VBNK, Pearson explains how creative risks and an innovative spirit can revive development work, especially in post-conflict settings.

Creative Capacity Development provides an unflinching appraisal of the author's own assumptions and setbacks as she established VBNK and explains how a dynamic and open learning process allowed the organization to move beyond them. Pearson's account, drawn with insights from cultural studies, mental health practice, and the arts, will guide other practitioners in broadening their own understanding of capacity-building. The book reveals that development work, far from requiring a singular solution, is and should be a never-ending process. Book jacket.

Contents:

Culture and context

Serving a sector

A learning journey

Creativity and new dimensions of response

Organizational nuts and bolts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781565493292

156549329X

9781565493308

1565493303

9781565494169

1565494164

9781565494176

1565494172

OCLC:

692290805