期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2016
卷号：18
期号：5
页码：15
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：This research explores the perception and practice of development. For this end, it studied a leading local Non- Governmental Organization (NGO) named Organization for Rehabilitation and Development in Amhara (ORDA) in Ethiopia, Amhara National Regional State (ANRS). This qualitative case study used in -depth interview, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), and document analysis and field observation for data collection. This case study reveals that the dominant conception and approach of development in ORDA is under the shade of the traditional modernization and dependency paradigms. ORDA's develop ment approach is not human centered and holistic but reflects the assumptions of the old modernization and dependency theories. Much attention is given to the economic dimension of development at the cost of the basic ingredients of human development and unique demands of the situation of the Ethiopian locale, as well as such needs as participation, empowerment, eq uality, freedom and equity are absent in the develop ment vocabularies of the local change agent i.e. ORD A. This affects the sustainability of development works in ORD A's intervention areas.
