Regional Planning, Local Visions : Participatory Futuring in West Africa
The note examines regional planning, and future participatory methods for economic development in West Africa, based on the work carried out by the Club du Sahel - a branch of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - respo...
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okr-10986-108212021-06-14T11:03:16Z Regional Planning, Local Visions : Participatory Futuring in West Africa Easton, Peter ADULT EDUCATION CALL CITIES COLLABORATION DATA COLLECTION DECENTRALIZATION FAMILY PLANNING INSTRUMENTATION LEARNING METHODOLOGIES METHODOLOGY MIGRATION PARTNERSHIP POLITICAL PARTIES PROGRAMS PROJECT PLANNING RESEARCHERS SCENARIOS SCIENTISTS SECONDARY SCHOOLS TECHNICAL SUPERVISION YOUNG ADULTS REGIONAL PLANNING PARTICIPATORY PROCESS ECONOMIC COOPERATION DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FOOD SECURITY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DESERT ECOLOGY CAPACITY BUILDING CASE STUDIES ENVIRONMENT DEMOGRAPHY SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS POLITICAL ASPECTS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION STRATEGIC PLANNING EVALUATION METHODOLOGY The note examines regional planning, and future participatory methods for economic development in West Africa, based on the work carried out by the Club du Sahel - a branch of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - responsible for coordinating northern donor agencies, in support of food security, and natural resource management in the desert-edge portions of West Africa, in cooperation with the Interstate Committee for Struggle Against Drought in the Sahel. The results prompted controversy, because of disagreements between Europeans - favoring urban-oriented scenarios - and North Americans - more inclined toward rural-oriented ones - including the views of Northerners who provided the analysis, in contrast to that of African researchers who felt somehow shortchanged. However, collaboration on a participatory study of decentralization, and capacity building, involving case studies of local communities, assumed a major new development, and management responsibilities on their own. Through a trial methodology, researchers invited debate, and analysis on future community, and regional cooperation. The work covered examining changes occurred in communities, country, and the West Africa region, concentrating on the environment, demography, economy, society and culture, and politics. Findings suggest the exercise transformed the strategy into a set of tools for self-assessment, and strategic planning of local associations, and businesses. 2012-08-13T13:12:26Z 2012-08-13T13:12:26Z 2000-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/02/1671227/regional-planning-local-visions-participatory-futuring-west-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10821 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 17 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa |
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ADULT EDUCATION CALL CITIES COLLABORATION DATA COLLECTION DECENTRALIZATION FAMILY PLANNING INSTRUMENTATION LEARNING METHODOLOGIES METHODOLOGY MIGRATION PARTNERSHIP POLITICAL PARTIES PROGRAMS PROJECT PLANNING RESEARCHERS SCENARIOS SCIENTISTS SECONDARY SCHOOLS TECHNICAL SUPERVISION YOUNG ADULTS REGIONAL PLANNING PARTICIPATORY PROCESS ECONOMIC COOPERATION DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FOOD SECURITY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DESERT ECOLOGY CAPACITY BUILDING CASE STUDIES ENVIRONMENT DEMOGRAPHY SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS POLITICAL ASPECTS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION STRATEGIC PLANNING EVALUATION METHODOLOGY Easton, Peter Regional Planning, Local Visions : Participatory Futuring in West Africa |
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The note examines regional planning, and
future participatory methods for economic development in
West Africa, based on the work carried out by the Club du
Sahel - a branch of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) - responsible for
coordinating northern donor agencies, in support of food
security, and natural resource management in the desert-edge
portions of West Africa, in cooperation with the Interstate
Committee for Struggle Against Drought in the Sahel. The
results prompted controversy, because of disagreements
between Europeans - favoring urban-oriented scenarios - and
North Americans - more inclined toward rural-oriented ones -
including the views of Northerners who provided the
analysis, in contrast to that of African researchers who
felt somehow shortchanged. However, collaboration on a
participatory study of decentralization, and capacity
building, involving case studies of local communities,
assumed a major new development, and management
responsibilities on their own. Through a trial methodology,
researchers invited debate, and analysis on future
community, and regional cooperation. The work covered
examining changes occurred in communities, country, and the
West Africa region, concentrating on the environment,
demography, economy, society and culture, and politics.
Findings suggest the exercise transformed the strategy into
a set of tools for self-assessment, and strategic planning
of local associations, and businesses. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Easton, Peter |
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Easton, Peter |
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Easton, Peter |
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Regional Planning, Local Visions : Participatory Futuring in West Africa |
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Regional Planning, Local Visions : Participatory Futuring in West Africa |
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Regional Planning, Local Visions : Participatory Futuring in West Africa |
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Regional Planning, Local Visions : Participatory Futuring in West Africa |
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Regional Planning, Local Visions : Participatory Futuring in West Africa |
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regional planning, local visions : participatory futuring in west africa |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/02/1671227/regional-planning-local-visions-participatory-futuring-west-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10821 |
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