TY - BOOK AU - Holcombe,Susan H. AU - Howard,Marion TI - Practicing development: upending assumptions for positive change SN - 9781626377950 U1 - 338.927 PY - 2019/// CY - Boulder, Colorado PB - Kumarian Press, a division of Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. KW - Desarrollo económico KW - Desarrollo sostenible N1 - Incluye bibliografía e índice. N2 - Practicing Development bridges the gap between academia and the world of practice to address challenges and propose concrete steps toward more equitable, effective, and sustainable development. The authors draw from their on-the-ground experiences as they discuss what "development" is, how to attain it, and what their findings mean for the funding and practice of development efforts. Often challenging conventional wisdom, they provide a range of concrete examples of innovation, responsiveness, and sustainability--and perhaps most important, explore how practitioners might be better educated to achieve positive change ER -