Barefoot Revolution
A report to the Club of Rome
Calls for a redirection of the economic strategy of the last twenty years. Identifies and measures the impact of an alternative approach through small-scale development projects run by non-governmental organizations.
Published: 1988
Pages: 264
eBook: 9781780441726
Paperback: 9781853390371
| INTRODUCTION XI | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | |||
| PART ONE | |||
| 1. Twenty years of misguided development 1 | |||
| 2. Microprojects- a new world-wide development 9 | |||
| 3. Development of the Third World- a continual concern of the Club of Rome 17 | |||
| PART TWO | |||
| 4. First aid, then development 21 | |||
| 5. Factors of impoverishment 26 | |||
| PART THREE | |||
| 6. Factors of development 69 | |||
| 7. NGOs: a new world phenomenon 75 | |||
| 8. NGOs in the field 90 | |||
| 9. The significance of NGO activity around the world 112 | |||
| 10. Accountability 123 | |||
| PART FOUR | |||
| 11. Can NGOs limit the factors of impoverishment? 135 | |||
| 12. Can NGOs create factors of development? 146 | |||
| 13. Obstacles and limits to NGO action 202 | |||
| PART FIVE | |||
| 14. Economic and social achievements | |||
| 15. A new approach to development | |||
| Conclusion | |||
| APPENDIX I: Methodology of the study | |||
| APPENDIX II: List of projects visited | |||
| APPENDIX III: The Club of Rome |
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