"We Have Done This Ourselves": Evaluating Participatory and Sustainable Development Practices in Rural Senegal

dc.contributor.advisorWooten, Stephenen_US
dc.contributor.authorGrigsby, Kaitlynen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-17T19:39:51Z
dc.date.available2014-06-17T19:39:51Z
dc.date.issued2014-06-17
dc.description.abstractThe World Bank paradigm of large-scale neoliberal development projects has repeatedly failed to deliver durable and sustainable changes for the world's poorest nations. Although the World Bank and other multilateral development organizations have committed themselves to forging new participatory intervention methods, the core objectives of development have not changed. This thesis explores the work of CREATE!, an organization that funds and implements rural and community-based projects that address the increasingly devastating impacts of climate change in Senegal. This analysis is an illustrative case study of a small-scale and participant focused development intervention in West Africa. I use interviews and participant observation to describe (1) how CREATE! understands and responds to beneficiary needs through participatory development, (2) how participatory methods influence CREATE!'s programs, and (3) the organization's sense of success or failure in promoting poverty alleviation and community sustainability in rural Senegal.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/17892
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.subjecten_US
dc.title"We Have Done This Ourselves": Evaluating Participatory and Sustainable Development Practices in Rural Senegalen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEnvironmental Studies Programen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregonen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en_US

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