Ideals in Practice. Enquiring into participation in Sida.
The paper adresses the complexities of
putting ideals of participation into practice development cooperation.
This paper reflects on the intersections between organisational learning and the dynamics of policy processes as a basis for rethinking the ways in which development organisations approach issues of learning and change. The paper explores some of
the ways in which participation has been interpreted and applied in Sida’s work.Attention is given to changing meanings of participation across time and place, from different eras of Sida’s work to different field projects supported by a country Embassy.
Authors: Andrea Cornwall and Garett Pratt, 2004