Participatory Development Planning

Author: Ye Jingzhong Liu Yanli Wang Yihuan
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Publish Date: 2005-11-24
Features: Development refers to a change. The connotation of development is the transformation in various aspects such as economy, society, culture, politics, mechanisms and legislation, human resources and gender, knowledge and technology, and environment within a specific region or community. Development planning is the process of initiating and implementing change, serving as an action-oriented approach to achieve development goals. Participatory development planning is an ongoing cyclical process where stakeholders continuously analyze problems, utilize local resources to establish development goals and activities, and through continuous monitoring and evaluation during the implementation of development activities, redefine new problems, new development goals, and new development activities. It is a problem-solving-oriented participatory decision-making and action process.