Practicing Development: Upending Assumptions for Positive Change
  • 2019/288 pages
  • A Kumarian Press Book

Practicing Development:

Upending Assumptions for Positive Change

Susan H. Holcombe and Marion Howard, editors
Hardcover: $85.00
ISBN: 978-1-62637-795-0
Paperback: $29.95
ISBN: 978-1-62637-800-1
Ebook: $29.95
ISBN: 978-1-62637-835-3
Practicing Development bridges the gap between academia and the world of practice to address challenges and propose concrete steps toward more equitable, effective, and sustainable development.

The authors draw from their on-the-ground experiences as they discuss what "development" is, how to attain it, and what their findings mean for the funding and practice of development efforts. Often challenging conventional wisdom, they provide a range of concrete examples of innovation, responsiveness, and sustainability—and perhaps most important, explore how practitioners might be better educated to achieve positive change.
Susan H. Holcombe and Marion Howard are professors emerita of the practice at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management.