Developing Zimbabwe: Building the capacity of libraries to foster innovation and national development

Demystifying Development  it is necessary to stress that: Development covers both theory and practice, that is both ideas about how development should or might occur, & real world efforts to put various aspects of development into practice Potter et..al 2004 Development involves 3 things  Development theories Development strategies Development ideologies Development Theories:  regarded as sets of ostensibly logical propositions which aim to explain how development has occurred in the past and/or how it should occur in the future Either be: Normative- genaralise about what should happen or be the case in an ideal world Positive- in the sense of dealing with what has generally been the case in the past Development Strategies:  practical paths to development which may be pursued by countries; NGOs or indeed individuals, in an effort to stimulate change within particular regions & continents. Hettre 1995 -efforts to change existing economic & social structures & institutions in order to find enduring solutions to the problems facing DECISION MAKERS Development Ideologies:  different development agendas will reflect different goals & objectives. These goals will reflect social, economic, political; cultural, ethical, moral & even religious influences. Development Thinking:  having said all this, Perhaps the only sensible approach is to follow {Hettre 1995} & to employ the overarching concept of ‘development thinking’ in our general deliberations -used as a catch-all phrase indicating the sum total of ideas about development, that is, including pertinent aspects of development theory, stratergy & ideology Keep in motion…   If you can’t fly, then run If you can’t run, then walk If you can’t walk, then crawl But whatever you do, keep moving

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