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Community Development Journal Advance Access published online on July 18, 2005
Community Development Journal, doi:10.1093/cdj/bsi069
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On elephants, giraffes, and social development

Arnon Bar-On 1*

1 Department of Social Work, Tel Hai Academic College, Upper Galilee, 12210, Israel; Department of Social Work, University of Botswana

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Arnon Bar-On, E-mail: arnonbaron{at}yahoo.com


  Abstract

Social development rests on varied assumptions, including the greater effectiveness and efficiency of local over central management, legally endorsed resource control, and the popular ability to take responsibility for the environment. The article outlines the experience of community-based natural resource management in Botswana in validating these and other assumptions, and concludes that in some instances, particularly in small rural communities, grassroots development that follows them may not yield the expected outcomes.


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