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Development and indigenous peoples: creating community-owned solutions
2013-08-09 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Perhaps the most well-worn cliché in the field of development is the saying "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." While it's difficult to disagree with the sentiment that building community capacity in order to be self-sufficient is better than providing a quick fix to a temporary crisis, the implication is always that experts must come in and 'teach' the community how to find solutions to their problems. This would be perfectly...
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