| dc.description.abstract | A major portion of national and international public policy centres around development
and meeting the development objectives. Antecedent to this is the concept of
development itself and what it means to different people and communities. There is often
ambiguity and divergence on the concept. Moreover, the idea of development keeps
changing across time and geography, making it important to constantly hear the voice of
different communities on the same. This can help to build ongoing consensus as well as
identify gaps, if any.
An element of negative connotation with the concept of development further calls the
question of studying the convergence or divergence of development with desirability due
to the important policy implication of challenging and correcting any underlying
assumptions in the policy conception of development as against what communities deem
desirable. | en_US |
