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An assessment of empowerment through highly participatory asset-based community development in Myanmar Ware, Anthony 2013, An assessment of empowerment through highly participatory asset-based community development in Myanmar, Development bulletin : challenges for participatory development in contemporary development practice, vol. 75, pp. 110-114. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads ware-assessmentofempowerment-2013.pdf Published version application/pdf 248.79KB 75 Title An assessment of empowerment through highly participatory asset-based community development in Myanmar Author(s) Ware, Anthony Journal name Development bulletin : challenges for participatory development in contemporary development practice Volume number 75 Start page 110 End page 114 Total pages 5 Publisher Australian National University Place of publication Canberra, A. C. T. Publication date 2013-08 ISSN 1035-1132 Keyword(s) Myanmar asset-based community development empowerment community-led approaches human rights violations Summary Asset-based community development (ABCD) is a highly participatory approach to development that seeks to empower communities to draw on tangible and social community assets to manage their own development. The strength of ABCD is its ability to facilitate people imagining their world differently, resulting in action to change their circumstances. Previous research has shown international non-government organisations have found highly participatory, community-led approaches to development to have been particularly effective forms of poverty mitigation and community empowerment within Myanmar, even before the current reforms, which is surprising given the restrictive socio-political context created by authoritarian rule by a regime with an international reputation for human rights violations.  This paper documents ABCD programs within Myanmar, one of the poorest countries in Asia suffering major underdevelopment and ranking poorly across a wide range of socioeconomic indicators. It explores the operation, effectiveness and reasons behind the success of ABCD programs in this environment, and reflects on the role of outsiders in ABCD in the light of underlying theory and this contemporary experience. This research draws largely on recent field interviews and personal experience working in this sector within Myanmar, as well as surveying a number of evaluation reports which have been made publically available. Notes Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in Deakin Research Online. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au Language eng Field of Research 160505 Economic Development Policy 160805 Social Change Socio Economic Objective 940302 International Aid and Development HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2013 Copyright notice ©2013, Australian National University Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30056780 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Humanities and Social Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to journal issue Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 11 Oct 2013, 15:06:07 EST Tue, 15 Oct 2013, 09:03:57 EST Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 14:42:26 EST Fri, 18 Oct 2013, 07:33:38 EST Fri, 18 Oct 2013, 13:55:57 EST Fri, 18 Oct 2013, 14:07:12 EST Fri, 18 Oct 2013, 14:28:26 EST Fri, 18 Oct 2013, 14:28:56 EST Thu, 31 Oct 2013, 10:27:34 EST Mon, 04 Nov 2013, 09:17:00 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 135 Abstract Views, 75 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 11 Oct 2013, 15:05:41 EST by Anthony Ware

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