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During his time teaching at
University of Nairobi in Kenya in the 1960s, Chambers started rock climbing. Throughout his career he did multiple first ascents notably in Kenya and India. Of particular note is his first ascent of Mt. Ololokwe in Northern Kenya by The Original Route which he completed in
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a livelihood comprises the capabilities, assets (stores, resources, claims and access) and activities required for a means of living: a livelihood is sustainable which can cope with and recover from stress and shocks, maintain or enhance its capabilities and assets, and provide sustainable livelihood
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Chambers has been one of the leading advocates for putting the poor, destitute and marginalised at the centre of the processes of development policy. Cornwall and
Scoones refer to him as "development's best advocate". In particular he argues the poor should be taken into account when the development
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in 1972. Some time later he was infamously turned down for a
Professorship at IDS on the grounds of insufficient publications in academic journals, despite his world renown exceeding those on the panel, achieving this only in 1995 at the age of 63, not long before retirement. During time at IDS he
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He married
Jennifer Scott, who he met in Glasgow, and has three children. In 2020 he suffered an amputation below the knee, describing the immersion of over 10 weeks as a patient and participant-observer in an NHS hospital and then in a private sector care home.
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problem is identified, policy formulated and projects implemented. He popularised within development circles such phrases as "putting the last first" and stressed the now generally accepted need for development professionals to be critically self-aware.
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His work on resettlement and irrigation schemes, and public administration, was the subject of his PhD, and early work in Kenya and the UK. It was only from the 1980s that his work on rapid and participatory forms of appraisal were developed.
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and the East Africa Staff
College, returning to Britain in 1966 where he lectured at the University of Manchester and completed a PhD. From 1967 he lectured at the University of Glasgow and from 1969, the
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where he failed to complete a PhD in history. In 1958 he joined the HM Overseas Civil
Service in Kenya, working in Maralal from 1958-1960. Before and after Independence he lectured at the
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A complete bibliography spanning four decades of research on participatory development. The archive includes full text access to over 70 per cent of
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Organisation of settlement schemes: a comparative study of some settlement schemes in anglophone Africa with special reference to the Mwea
Irrigation Settlement Kenya.
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OBE (born 1 May 1932) is a
British academic and development practitioner. He spent his academic career at the
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Participatory Rural
Appraisal Methods and Applications in Rural Planning: Essays in Honour of Robert Chambers
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Chambers is a prolific author, of 18 books and hundreds of reports, articles, and training materials.
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practices, including the use of 'timely, relevant and actionable' research with his colleagues in the
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Scientific Survey for the British government in 1956, before attending the
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Participatory Workshops: a sourcebook of 21 sets of ideas and activities.
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Revolutionizing Development: reflections on the work of Robert Chambers
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Revolutionizing Development: reflections on the work of Robert Chambers
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Revolutionizing Development: reflections on the work of Robert Chambers
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Revolutionizing Development: reflections on the work of Robert Chambers
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provided the first elaborated definition of the concept of sustainable
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Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: Practical Concepts for the 21st Century
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680:"Rapid Action Learning for Sanitation and Hygiene Programming"
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Managing canal irrigation: practical analysis from South Asia.
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Challenging the Professions: frontiers for rural development.
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Botswanas' Accelerated Rural Development Programme 1973-1976
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Farmer First: farmer innovation and agricultural research
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Narayan, D., R. Chambers, N. Shah and P. Petesch. 1999. '
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had lengthy secondments to India and other countries.
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738:"AAC Publications - Ololokwe, south face, Mirage"
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347:Can We Know Better?: Reflections for Development
420:. London: Intermediate Technology Publications.
402:'Global synthesis: consultations with the poor'
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381:Revolutions in Development Inquiry.
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487:. Gaborone: Government Printer.
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365:Provocations for Development
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508:. Munich: Weltforum Verlag.
464:Cambridge University Press.
299:Order of the British Empire
254:Chambers and Conway 1991, 6
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480:. London: Frances Pinter.
319:University of East Anglia
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830:Development specialists
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388:Ideas for Development.
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669:. London: Earthscan.
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304:Honorary doctorate,
281:. London: Earthscan.
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467:Chambers R. 1983.
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397:London: Earthscan.
393:Chambers R. 2002.
390:London: Earthscan.
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376:. Plan UK and IDS.
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356:Chambers R. 2014.
341:Chambers R. 2017.
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