Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.93.960610221039.25489C-100000@is.nyu.edu> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 22:21:03 -0400 From: "Lawrence A. Comvalius" <mailto:lac0356@IS.NYU.EDU> Subject: Re: COMMUNITIES ALWAYS RIGHT! To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
On Mon, 10 Jun 1996, kerry miller wrote:> On Mon, 10 Jun 1996, J. WANDEMBERG wrote:
>
> > If a community is not interested in a project it is a very clear signal
> > that they do NOT feel the need for it and thus if the need does not exist
> > the interest and commitment will also be lacking leading to the usual
> > outcomes of projects developed under the orthodox approach.
> >
>
> That is to say, the _projection_ is not in the right place: phase one has
> to be to establish the need (and the feeling of the need, pace Weber).
> This is exactly in line with the mountain/valley development-community
> concept.
>
> kerry
> mailto:astingsh@ksu.ksu.edu
>
I would like to know how the project was conceived. Were the needs and priorities of the people who are to benefit from this project taken into account? Why must development be imposed on the developing countries ? Do we really think that we know what is good for everyone? Does culture matter?Larry.