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Working with rural communities : participatory action research in Kenya
- Title
- Working with rural communities : participatory action research in Kenya / edited by Orieko P. Chitere and Roberta Mutiso.
- Publication
- Nairobi, Kenya : University of Nairobi Press, 2011.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- x, 365 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Background -- The phenomenon and process of participation in rural development / D.M. Muia -- Participatory-action research in development / J. Akonga -- Decentralised development planning and management : an assessment with emphasis on the district focus for rural development in Kenya / Walter O. Oyugi -- Devolution of functions and authority to sub-national governments in Kenya : reflections on capacities of villages, locations and districts for self-governance / D.M. Muia and P.O. Chitere -- The role of the university in rural development in Kenya / F.A. Karani -- The development situation situation of Kabras and Mwingi areas / P.O. Chitere -- Village communities in Kenya : a case study of Kabras / E. Ontita and P.O. Chitere -- The role of village headmen in rural development / E.G. Ontita -- Spontaneous development : the concept and its characteristics / R. Mutiso -- The Philippines rural reconstruction movement / P.O. Chitere -- The rural university : the Jawaja experiment in education innovation, India / P.O. Chitere --
- The Rural Poverty Reduction Programme in Kenya : its achievements and limitations / P.O. Chitere -- Rural transformation schemes in Kenya / P.O. Chitere -- Democracy and organization of local governance in Kenya / L. Chweya -- Declining food security of resource-limited farmers in the Mumias sugar scheme in western Kenya and potential for improvement / P.O. Chitere -- Constituency Development Fund : issues and challenges of management / W.V. Mitullah -- Indigenous micro finance organisations in Bondo, western Kenya : a case study of socio-cultural institutions influencing their performance / L.B. Misati -- The role of women in rural development in Kenya / J.R.M. Masinde -- Non-governmental organisations : their role in rural development in Kenya / E. Omoto and G. Wandera -- Tree planting, management and utilisation : cultural attitudes, traditional practices and agro-forestry activities in Trans Nzoia District, Kenya / M. Omosa -- The link between HIV/AIDS and poverty in rural Kenya / L. Misati and T. Nyang'au -- The aging in rural Kenya and the process of social isolation / R.M. Ocharo -- Conclusions / P.O. Chitere.
- ISBN
- 9789966846884
- 9966846883
- LCCN
- 2011342859
- OCLC
- ocn785847643
- 785847643
- SCSB-1813706
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library