Development in Practice
Volume 25, Issue 8, 2015
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cdip20/current

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Articles
When development breeds contempt: case examples of community-driven health systems initiatives
Ingrid Nanne, Mosa Moshabela, Uyen Huynh & Papa Meissa Diop
pages 1120-1130
Abstract
This article discusses case examples of community-led initiatives triggered by the introduction of an external development programme in Senegal and Mali. These are community initiatives that learn from projects initiated and funded by an external donor organisation, and transform interventions to better meet their own needs. The circumstances leading to the demand for, and successful establishment of, health infrastructure are examined to understand the triggers. These breakthroughs demonstrate unintended benefits of development, and the need to leverage donor-led initiatives. Therefore, community involvement, participation, and empowerment are key in establishing local ownership in development projects.

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Practical Note
Social and economic inclusion of people with disabilities: practical lessons from Bangladesh
Waheduzzaman Polu, Aprue Mong & Catherine Nelson
pages 1182-1188
Abstract
People with disabilities remain one of the most excluded minorities, often deprived of the benefits of mainstream development programmes. This practical note reports on lessons learnt in delivering a programme combining a community based rehabilitation (CBR) and self-help group approach with disabled persons in rural Bangladesh. Our findings demonstrate how targeted programmes can bring about the social and economic inclusion of disabled persons. We also highlight the greater effectiveness of CBR programmes when targeting a more diverse client base, when not based on debt recovery, and how targeted programmes can even benefit the wider community.

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Viewpoint
Twenty reasons why local knowledge will remain relevant to development
Oluwatoyin Dare Kolawole
pages 1189-1195
DOI:10.1080/09614524.2015.1078777
pages 1189-1195
Abstract
Local knowledge has continued to gain popularity among development practitioners in the last four decades. However, the future of local knowledge seems hazy to some academics and researchers, perhaps due to the methodological challenges in operationalising local knowledge in development research. Rather than appropriate its full potential for sustainable (global) progress, renditions on the relevance of local knowledge in development research agenda have largely become rhetoric. Nonetheless, this viewpoint outlines 20 pertinent reasons in support of the relevance of local knowledge and why it has a future in development theory and practice.