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Self-Reliance in Kenya: The Case of Harambee

Year: 1979

Type: article

Abstract: The Kenyan Harambee Self-help movement offers an interesting example of "bottom-up" development of more than one decade, with little and often no government financial support. The movement appears to reflect pragmatic local priorities and offers an opportunity to test what local people "really want". Harambee self-help existed before the ideological calls for self-reliant development, and raises the issue whether in fact ideological build-up can or should precede actual development efforts.

Source: ASA Review of Books

DOI: 10.2307/532395

Authors: Frank Holmquist, Philip Mbithi, Rasmus Rasmusson

Language: English

Topic: Community and Sustainable Development

Subfield: Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W238375711

FWCI: 4.548

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Cited by: 52

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